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Prevalence of cysticercosis among cattle and pigs slaughtered in the Lublin province in the years 2009-2012 was evaluated. The study draws its data from annual reports of the Veterinary Inspectorate in Lublin. Cysticercus bovis was detected in 1038 animals (0.19%) out of 542,963 heads of cattle in the Lublin province, whereas Cysticercus cellulosae was found in 150 (0.0044%) out of 3,367,444 examined pigs.
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Cattle Diseases/parasitology , Cysticercosis/veterinary , Swine Diseases/parasitology , Animals , Cattle , Cattle Diseases/epidemiology , Cysticercosis/epidemiology , Cysticercosis/parasitology , Poland/epidemiology , Prevalence , Swine , Swine Diseases/epidemiology , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Prevalence of Fasciola hepatica L. infection among cattle slaughtered in the Lublin province in from 2009-2012 was evaluated. The data were taken from annual reports of the Veterinary Inspectorate in Lublin. The results of the study are as follows: the prevalence of Fasciola hepatica infection in the cattle of the Lublin province between 2009 and 2012 is found to be 11.97%.
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Cattle Diseases/parasitology , Fasciola hepatica/isolation & purification , Fascioliasis/veterinary , Animals , Cattle , Cattle Diseases/epidemiology , Fascioliasis/epidemiology , Poland/epidemiology , Time FactorsABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: The medical leech (Hirudo medicinalis) has been used throughout the centuries and continues to be used today, mainly in reconstructive surgery and microsurgery. Easy access to these animals may entail an improper use of this therapeutic method by patients as a form of self-treatment. CASE REPORT: A man who presented with skin erythema and oedema due to the application of a medical leech. DISCUSSION: Infection is considered the most common complication of hirudotherapy, even though bacteriological examination of leech applied by the patient showed neither bacterial nor parasitic infection. The skin lesions were probably of allergic origin; whether this reaction was due to substances released from the leech or as a consequence of reusing the same leech, remains to be determined.
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Dermatitis, Contact/etiology , Hirudo medicinalis/physiology , Leeching/adverse effects , Animals , Cryotherapy , Dermatitis, Contact/diagnosis , Dermatitis, Contact/diet therapy , Dermatitis, Contact/therapy , Diagnosis, Differential , Hirudo medicinalis/microbiology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Poland , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Between 2005 and 2008 cysticercosis caused by Cysticercus bovis was detected in 1485 (0.44%) animals out of 335 436 heads of cattle slaughtered in the Lublin province. This particular cysticercosis was observed each year. In the period 2005-2008 cysticercosis caused by Cysticercus cellulosae was found only in a few pigs (93 cases--0.0059% out of 1 577 370 examined pigs).
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Cattle Diseases/epidemiology , Cysticercosis/epidemiology , Cysticercosis/veterinary , Swine Diseases/epidemiology , Animals , Cattle , Cattle Diseases/diagnosis , Poland/epidemiology , Prevalence , Swine , Swine Diseases/diagnosisABSTRACT
Prevalence of Fasciola hepatica L. infection among cattle slaughtered in the Lublin province in the years 2005-2008 was evaluated. The study draws its data from annual reports of the Veterinary Inspectorate in Lublin. The results of the study are as follows: the prevalence of Fasciola hepatica infection in the cattle of the Lublin province between 2005 and 2008 amounts to 21.24%.
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Fasciola hepatica/isolation & purification , Fascioliasis/epidemiology , Fascioliasis/veterinary , Animals , Cattle , Cattle Diseases/epidemiology , Fascioliasis/parasitology , Liver/parasitology , Poland/epidemiology , PrevalenceABSTRACT
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) plays an important role in detoxication of the organism. Its function is to protect the organism against the cytotoxic action of free radicals. The highest expression of superoxide dismutase was observed in the hepatocytes adjacent to the hydatid cyst. The expression of this gene in the hepatocytes of infected livers 5 cm apart from the infection site was slightly lower.
