[Economic losses due to cysticercosis in cattle].

Based on the data collected by Large Fattening Houses, economic consequences of cysticercosis in cattle reared on the farm Ceské Velenice (district Jindrichův Hradec) were evaluated. On this farm, a mass occurrence of cysticercosis was observed throughout the period of 1975 to 1977, a partial occurrence in 1978, as after-effect from the previous period. The number of infected bulls was calculated from the number of animals in which cysticercosis was detected in the slaughter-houses. The highest percentage of bulls suffering from cysticercosis at the time of purchase was found in 1976-69.1%; beginning the April of 1976, the occurrence amounted almost to 100%; the decrease started in the April of 1977. Cysticercosis affected the average realization price which in 1976 was as low as 8.56 Kcs (Czechoslovak crowns) per one kg of live weight. In that year, financial losses amounted up to 6.93 Kcs per 1 kg of live weight in all sold animals. The total direct financial losses due to cysticercosis in the bulls on this farm equalled 2,567,799 Kcs, till the year 1978 when this parasitosis was eradicated.