The Prevalence and Determinants of Taenia multiceps Infection (Cerebral Coenurosis) in Small Ruminants in Africa: A Systematic Review

Cerebral coenurosis is a fatal parasitic neurological disease affecting the brain and spinal cord of goats sheep. Despite large population sheep in Africa, there very little awareness about scale or effects disease. A systematic review was conducted to bridge gap current understanding epidemiology Taenia multiceps Africa. detailed literature search EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, Research4life (AGORA), PubMed for studies T. Africa period spanning January 2000 December 2019. The identified 574 publications, which only 11 were eligible, highlighting major gaps reporting this Data extracted evidence synthesized relation prevalence determinants coenurosis. descriptive summary statistics revealed median (IQR) 22.3% (range: 18.3–26.4 percent) community based 14.8% 3.8–45.6) abattoir-based studies. This high indicates that an important small ruminant productivity Knowledge could be used inform preventive measures, including behaviour change among livestock keepers those involved slaughter break cycles transmission between ruminants dogs.