Importance of Echinococcosis Concerning Animal and Human Health in Turkey, Present Condition, Problems and Solution Proposals

Year 2017, Volume 2, Issue 1(4), 38 - 38, 01.11.2017

Ali Bilgili Başak Hanedan

Abstract

Considering
the fact that a major part of diseases occurring in humans are caused by
animals, food safety and sustainable food safety can be performed in an
environment that animal health and welfare are secured and sustainable
livestock raising are established. When taken into account the fact that animal
health directly affects human health and animal products are unquestionably
required for human nutrition, it is concluded that human health depends on
animal health. In this context, cystic echinococcosis, threating health in both
animals and humans and causing an important economic losses, are known to be
the most important zoonotic helminth infection and has a major health and
economic impact in developing countries. For these reasons, in this report
context, concise information was given about present condition, problems,
actions to be taken and solution proposals concerning echinococcosis in Turkey.

 

 

Keywords:
Echinococcosis
(hydatid cysts), animal and human health, problems, solution proposals

Keywords

Importance of Echinococcosis Concerning Animal and Human Health in Turkey, Present Condition

References

• Ali Bilgili1, Başak Hanedan2 1University of Ankara, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ankara, Turkey. 2University of Ataturk, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.