title: A pilot study of common health problems in smallholder pigs in Angónia and Boane districts, Mozambique.
abstract: A pilot survey was conducted in 2 districts in Mozambique to determine the most important health problems facing smallholder pig producers. While African swine fever is the most serious disease that affects pigs at all levels of production in Mozambique, it is likely that productivity is reduced by the presence of mange and gastrointestinal parasites, while in traditional systems the conditions are favourable for the development of porcine cysticercosis caused by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium, which poses a health risk to communities. Results of the pilot survey confirmed that, with the exception of African swine fever, ecto- and endoparasites are probably the most important health risks for producers. Porcine cysticercosis is more prevalent among pigs in traditional, free-ranging systems, while mange becomes a serious factor when pigs are permanently confined.
authors.affiliation: Direcção de Sciencias Animais, Instituto de Investigação Agricola de Moçambique.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sitoe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Afonso
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Banze
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atanásio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nhamusso
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Penrith
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Willingham
mesh_terms: D000357:African Swine Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009073:Mozambique / Q000453:epidemiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance / Q000662:veterinary; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology