Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium.
Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, 133 Salisburylaan, B-9820, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Parasit Vectors. 2018 Apr 13;11(1):241. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2804-x.
Bovine cysticercosis (BCC) (due to Taenia saginata) is often claimed to cause considerable economic losses to the livestock industry, particularly in beef cattle, but recent studies estimating the economic impact are lacking. The current study aimed to quantify the annual economic impact of BCC in Belgium from 2012 to 2016, by gathering data from diverse sources in the meat and human health sectors.
In Belgium, on average, 15 carcasses with generalised infections and 1168 carcasses with localised ones are detected upon meat inspection each year. The highest proportion of the total economic losses due to bovine cysticercosis were borne by the cattle owners with an average economic cost of €3,408,455/year: €2,954,061/year due to BCC insurance, €453,024/year due to value losses of beef of uninsured carcasses (i.e. freezing process) and €1370/year due to destruction costs of uninsured carcasses with generalised infections. The slaughterhouses suffered an economic impact of €210,806/year. They were responsible for inspection costs related to meat inspection in general, administration, processing and deboning of infected carcasses (€597,856/year), value losses (€34,848/year) and destruction costs (€105/year) of carcasses insured by the slaughterhouses (unofficial insurance) (5% of slaughtered animals). On the other hand, the slaughterhouses gained a total of €422,004/year due to unofficial insurance fees. Thirty percent of all slaughtered animals were officially insured against BCC and the insurance company generated an income of €2,322,337/year. The economic impact related to taeniosis (10,991 patients annually) amounted to a maximum of €795,858/year.
BCC and taeniosis due to T. saginata have a large economic impact in Belgium, mainly due to the insurance costs for BCC. These results indicate the need for reducing the number of BCC and taeniosis cases to avoid the costs and losses related to this parasite.
牛囊尾蚴病（BCC）（由带绦虫引起）常被认为对畜牧业造成了相当大的经济损失，特别是在肉牛中，但最近缺乏评估其经济影响的研究。本研究旨在通过收集肉类和人类健康部门的多种来源的数据，量化 2012 年至 2016 年期间比利时 BCC 的年度经济影响。
在比利时，每年平均在肉类检查中发现 15 具全身感染和 1168 具局部感染的牛尸。由于牛囊尾蚴病造成的总经济损失中，牛只所有者承担的比例最高，平均每年经济损失为 3408455 欧元：由于 BCC 保险造成的损失为 2954061 欧元，由于未保险牛尸牛肉价值损失（即冷冻过程）造成的损失为 453024 欧元，由于未保险全身感染牛尸销毁成本造成的损失为 1370 欧元。屠宰场每年遭受 210806 欧元的经济影响。它们负责与一般肉类检查、管理、受感染牛尸的加工和去骨相关的检查成本（597856 欧元/年）、价值损失（34848 欧元/年）和屠宰场承保（非官方保险）的牛尸销毁成本（105 欧元/年）（屠宰动物的 5%）。另一方面，屠宰场通过非官方保险费共获得 422004 欧元的收入。所有屠宰动物的 30%都正式投保 BCC 保险，保险公司的年收入为 2322337 欧元。由带绦虫引起的囊虫病（每年 10991 例）的经济影响最高可达每年 795858 欧元。
比利时的牛囊尾蚴病和带绦虫引起的囊虫病造成了巨大的经济影响，主要是由于 BCC 的保险费用。这些结果表明，需要减少 BCC 和囊虫病的病例数量，以避免与这种寄生虫相关的成本和损失。
