Table 2 Frequency of C. bovis in different tissues of slaughtered cattle
From: Cysticercus bovis in slaughtered cattle in upper Egypt: implications for food safety
Predilection sites | Total | Frequency of C. bovis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local breed | Imported breed | |||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Local cyst* | 1588 | 100 | 377 | 23.74 | 12,151 | 2.36 |
Tongue | 133 | 8.38 | 13 | 9.78 | 120 | 90.23 |
Masseter muscles | 874 | 55.04 | 74 | 8.47 | 800 | 92.00* |
Heart | 202 | 12.72 | 129 | 64.00* | 73 | 36.14 |
Diaphragm | 92 | 5.80 | 58 | 63.00 | 34 | 37.00 |
Oesophagus | 128 | 8.06 | 39 | 30.50* | 89 | 70.00* |
Forequarter muscles | 98 | 6.20 | 36 | 37.00* | 62 | 63.30 |
Hindquarter muscles | 58 | 3.70 | 28 | 48.30 | 30 | 51.72 |
liver | 3 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 |
p-value |  |  | < 0.0133 | < 0.1497 | ||