Incidence of some zoonotic agents and tuberculosis in slaughtered buffaloes [bubalus bubalis]

A total of 6000 buffalos [Bubalus bubalis] slaughtered for meat production at Cairo Abattoir were examined at post mortem during 1991-1992 for the presence of Cysticercus bovis, sarcosporidia, hydatid cysts, liver flukes and tuberculosis. The incidence rate was 0.32%, 0.88%, 0.60%, 8.44%, 4.96% for those affections respectively. Fascioliasis constituted nearly 80% of the parasitic affections. The lungs showed tuberculous nodules in 70.41% of the cases. Suggestive measures for control of such affections were mentioned