Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard
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Betić, NikolaKlun, Ivana

Đorđević, Vesna Ž.
Branković Lazić, Ivana
Baltić, Tatjana M.

Vasilev, Dragan

Karabasil, Neđeljko

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Infection with the apicomplexan protozoon Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most prevalent parasitic zoonotic infections globally, with existing seroprevalences varying between continents, countries, and even within countries and between individual communities. It is estimated that one third of the world's human population is infected with T. gondii, with many studies showing that the dominant mode of infection is consumption of undercooked meat harbouring T. gondii tissue cysts. Prevalences of infection in food animals in different countries range from 0 to 93%. Because of the absence of clinical symptoms in infected animals, and the unfeasibility of rapid and unequivocal detection of microscopic tissue cysts in pork, infected pigs remain unrecognized, and their meat becomes an essential source of infection for humans. The data on T. gondii infection in pigs in Serbia from several studies, as well as on the detection of the parasite in different food categories, from fresh pork to heat-...treated products, are discussed.
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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 61st International Meat Industry Conference 26-29 September 2021, Zlatibor, Serbia, 2021, 854, 1, 012008-Funding / projects:
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200050 (Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology, Belgrade) (RS-200050)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200015 (University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research) (RS-200015)
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Institut za medicinska istraživanjaTY - CONF AU - Betić, Nikola AU - Klun, Ivana AU - Đorđević, Vesna Ž. AU - Branković Lazić, Ivana AU - Baltić, Tatjana M. AU - Vasilev, Dragan AU - Karabasil, Neđeljko PY - 2021 UR - http://rimi.imi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1195 AB - Infection with the apicomplexan protozoon Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most prevalent parasitic zoonotic infections globally, with existing seroprevalences varying between continents, countries, and even within countries and between individual communities. It is estimated that one third of the world's human population is infected with T. gondii, with many studies showing that the dominant mode of infection is consumption of undercooked meat harbouring T. gondii tissue cysts. Prevalences of infection in food animals in different countries range from 0 to 93%. Because of the absence of clinical symptoms in infected animals, and the unfeasibility of rapid and unequivocal detection of microscopic tissue cysts in pork, infected pigs remain unrecognized, and their meat becomes an essential source of infection for humans. The data on T. gondii infection in pigs in Serbia from several studies, as well as on the detection of the parasite in different food categories, from fresh pork to heat-treated products, are discussed. C3 - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 61st International Meat Industry Conference 26-29 September 2021, Zlatibor, Serbia T1 - Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard IS - 1 SP - 012008 VL - 854 DO - 10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012008 ER -
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Betić, N., Klun, I., Đorđević, V. Ž., Branković Lazić, I., Baltić, T. M., Vasilev, D.,& Karabasil, N.. (2021). Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard. in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 61st International Meat Industry Conference 26-29 September 2021, Zlatibor, Serbia, 854(1), 012008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012008
Betić N, Klun I, Đorđević VŽ, Branković Lazić I, Baltić TM, Vasilev D, Karabasil N. Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard. in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 61st International Meat Industry Conference 26-29 September 2021, Zlatibor, Serbia. 2021;854(1):012008. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012008 .
Betić, Nikola, Klun, Ivana, Đorđević, Vesna Ž., Branković Lazić, Ivana, Baltić, Tatjana M., Vasilev, Dragan, Karabasil, Neđeljko, "Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard" in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 61st International Meat Industry Conference 26-29 September 2021, Zlatibor, Serbia, 854, no. 1 (2021):012008, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012008 . .