Zainalabidin Fazly Ann, Noorazmi Muhamad Syamsul Naim, Bakri Wan Normaziah Wan Omar, Sathaya Geethamalar, Ismail Mohd Iswadi
Veterinary Research Institute, Department of Veterinary Services, 59, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 31400 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
Trop Life Sci Res. 2017 Jan;28(1):161-166. doi: 10.21315/tlsr2017.28.1.12.
Sarcosporidiosis is a disease caused by intracellular protozoan parasites, namely, spp. In pigs, three species of spp. have been recognised, including , and . The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of muscular sarcosporidiosis in pigs using the pepsin digestion technique. A total of 150 fresh heart, oesophagus and thigh muscle samples from 50 Yorkshire and Landrace pigs were collected from two local abattoirs in Perak from May to August 2014. All the fresh muscle samples were thoroughly examined for macrocyst-forming spp. and processed using the peptic digestion technique to detect bradyzoites. The results from the muscle samples showed that 58% (29 out of 50) of the pigs were positive for spp. These findings highlight the importance of implementing stringent measures for screening pigs in abattoirs for spp. infection because this infection in pigs is a public health concern.
肉孢子虫病是一种由细胞内原生动物寄生虫即肉孢子虫属引起的疾病。在猪中，已确认有三种肉孢子虫属，包括米氏肉孢子虫、猪人肉孢子虫和人肉孢子虫。本研究的目的是使用胃蛋白酶消化技术确定猪肌肉肉孢子虫病的患病率。2014年5月至8月，从霹雳州的两个当地屠宰场收集了来自50头约克夏猪和长白猪的总共150份新鲜心脏、食管和大腿肌肉样本。对所有新鲜肌肉样本进行彻底检查，以查找形成大囊的肉孢子虫属，并使用胃蛋白酶消化技术进行处理以检测缓殖子。肌肉样本的结果显示，58%（50头中的29头）的猪肉孢子虫属呈阳性。这些发现凸显了对屠宰场的猪进行肉孢子虫属感染筛查实施严格措施的重要性，因为猪的这种感染是一个公共卫生问题。
