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Following slaughter, intensive meat inspections were performed to detect\n C. tenuicollis<\/jats:italic>\n cysts based on standard procedures.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Overall, the prevalence of\n C. tenuicollis<\/jats:italic>\n was 34.36% (31.62%\u201337.21%), and no difference (\n \u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n = 1.43,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.23) was observed between goats (35.89% [32.19%\u201339.76%]) and sheep (32.45% [28.47%\u201336.70%]).\n C. tenuicollis<\/jats:italic>\n cyst was prevalent in all divisions in the region and detected during the entire study period. Weight, body condition score, pregnancy and lactating status of females, origin of the animals and season were the major (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0<\u00a00.05) factors in goats and only age (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0<\u00a00.05) in sheep.\n C. tenuicollis<\/jats:italic>\n cysts were predominant in the abdominal cavity (97.90%) (OR = 2477.79; 889.45\u20136902.46;\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0<\u00a00.0001,\n \u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n = 701.19) and mainly attached to the omentum (71.84%) (OR = 20.03; 13.53\u201329.66;\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0<\u00a00.0001,\n \u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n = 269.13) compared to the pelvic cavity and other organs, respectively.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n \n The study showed high prevalence and widespread distribution of\n C. tenuicollis<\/jats:italic>\n infection in small ruminants and suggested that cysticercosis in small ruminants and its associated socio\u2010economic implications for livestock production are neglected in Northwest Cameroon. Concerted veterinary\u2013livestock farmer efforts, monitoring of infected small ruminant populations and regular parasite control in dogs in contact with small ruminants and prevention of contamination of pastures with\n T. hydatigena<\/jats:italic>\n eggs by barring access of potential definitive hosts are essential for the control of the disease.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/vms3.70307","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,30]],"date-time":"2025-03-30T05:51:28Z","timestamp":1743313888000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Prevalence, Intensity and Associated Factors of\n Cysticercus tenuicollis<\/i>\n in Small Ruminants in the Northwest Region of Cameroon"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Prudentia Yensi","family":"Lawan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Divisional Delegation of Livestock Fisheries and Animal Industries Mezam Bamenda Northwest Region Bamenda Cameroon"},{"name":"Department of Animal Production Technology College of Technology The University of Bamenda Bamenda Cameroon"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aziwo Tatanja","family":"Niba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Animal Production Technology College of Technology The University of Bamenda Bamenda Cameroon"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0930-2641","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julius","family":"Awah\u2010Ndukum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Animal Production Technology College of Technology The University of Bamenda Bamenda Cameroon"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jvim.16782"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5829\/idosi.aejsr.2015.10.4.95179"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s12639\u2010020\u201001331\u20104"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","first-page":"2261","article-title":"Morphological Characterizations of Cysticercus tenuicollis of Taenia hydatigenia Isolated From Sheep and Goats Slaughered in Al\u2010Diwaniyah Province Abattoirs, Iraq","volume":"14","author":"Al\u2010Hamzawi E. 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