| a retrospective study of abattoir condemnation due to parasitic infections: economic importance in ahwaz, southwestern iran. | a 5-yr retrospective study in livestock slaughtered in abattoirs was carried out in khuzestan province (southwestern iran) to determine the prevalence of parasitic infections responsible for condemnation of slaughtered animals' carcasses and viscera. the economic importance of such infections in terms of lost meat and offal were also estimated. between 20 march 2006 and 19 march 2011, 125,593 cattle, 1,191,871 sheep, 240,221 goats, and 25,010 buffalos were slaughtered in the study area; the live ... | 2012 | 22568697 |