Abstract:
This study was conducted at Alkadarow slaughterhouse, Khartoum State, Sudan, during the period from March to April 2021 to estimate the prevalence of hydatid cyst in slaughtered sheep.
Routine meat inspection procedure was employed to detect the prevalence of hydatid cysts in visceral organs (liver, lung, heart and spleen). For 260 sheep examined on slaughtered house originated from four areas: ALkhowei Wad-alnial, Algadarif and Aldamazin.The age of this animals between eight month to one and half years. And the breed of these examined sheep were (Hammary, Kabashy, and Cross breed).
The study revealed on overall prevalence of 9.6% of hydatid cyst infection among studied population.
Location of cysts in body the liver was the most infected organ 11 cysts, while 7 cysts were found in the lung, and 7o cyst was found in the mesentery. No cyst was found in heart or spleen.
As for volume of the cyst the prevalence was (52%) in large cyst (<5ml) and (48%) in small cyst (>5ml).
The results of the univariate analysis by using the Chi-square for the body condition (p-value = 0.987), location of cyst (p-value = 0.000) and volume of cyst (p-value =0.000).
The location of cyst and volume of cyst were found to be significantly associated with hydatid cyst infection.
