title: Boiling sheep liver or lung for 30 minutes is necessary and sufficient to kill Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces in hydatid cysts.
abstract: Proper disposal of carcasses and offal after home slaughter is difficult in poor and remote communities and therefore dogs readily have access to hydatid cysts containing offal from livestock, thus completing the parasite cycle of Echinococcus granulosus and putting communities at risk of cystic echinococcosis. Boiling livers and lungs which contain hydatid cysts could be a simple, efficient and energy- and time-saving way to kill the infectious protoscoleces. The aim of this study was to provide precise practical recommendations to livestock owners. Our results show that boiling the whole sheep liver and/or lung, with single or multiple hydatid cysts, for 30 min is necessary and sufficient to kill E. granulosus protoscoleces in hydatid cysts. Advertising on this simple rule in at-risk communities would be an efficient and cheap complement to other veterinary public health operations to control cystic echinococcosis.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Xinjiang Major Diseases Research and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China - Department Immunology, School of Preclinical Medicine, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
authors.forename: Chuanchuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Xinjiang Major Diseases Research and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Xinjiang Major Diseases Research and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
authors.forename: Huanyuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: WHO-Collaborating Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, University of Franche-Comté and University Hospital, Besançon, Franche-Comté, France.
authors.forename: Dominique A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Vuitton
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Xinjiang Major Diseases Research and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Xinjiang Major Diseases Research and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
authors.forename: Wenbao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000254:growth & development*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology*; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology*; D011634:Public Health; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012756:Sheep / Q000469:parasitology*; D013997:Time Factors