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Number of pigs with suspected Taenia hydatigena and Taenia solium lesions sampled for molecular confirmation in a cross-sectional study conducted in March-April 2015 at the Koudougou abattoir, Burkina Faso (n = 452).
| Molecularly confirmed species |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Total | T. hydatigena | T. solium | None |
| Perceived T. hydatigena cysts | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Lesions identified as T. solium upon meat inspection | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Suspected liver lesions | 37 | 27 | 6 | 4 |
| Suspected spleen lesions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 58 | 40 | 13 | 5 |
