o:273 Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard en Infection with the apicomplexan protozoon Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most prevalent parasitic zoonotic infections globally, with existing seroprevalences varying between continents, countries, and even within countries and between individual communities. It is estimated that one third of the world’s human population is infected with T. gondii, with many studies showing that the dominant mode of infection is consumption of undercooked meat harbouring T. gondii tissue cysts. Prevalences of infection in food animals in different countries range from 0 to 93%. Because of the absence of clinical symptoms in infected animals, and the unfeasibility of rapid and unequivocal detection of microscopic tissue cysts in pork, infected pigs remain unrecognized, and their meat becomes an essential source of infection for humans. The data on T. gondii infection in pigs in Serbia from several studies, as well as on the detection of the parasite in different food categories, from fresh pork to heat-treated products, are discussed. 1552099 10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012008 2022-05-16T07:54:18.056Z 44 yes 46 Nikola Betić Institute of meat Hygiene and technology Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard 0000-0002-7375-6752 Ivana Klun University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, Centre of Excellence for Food- and Vector-borne Zoonoses, Belgrade Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard person Vesna Djordjević Institute of meat hygiene and technology Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard person 0009-0008-5187-4089 Ivana Branković-Lazić Institute of meat hygiene and technology Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard person 0009-0005-5844-9278 Tatjana Baltić Instiute of meat hygiene and technology Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard person 0000-0002-0496-3133 Dragan Vasilev Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University in Belgrade Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard person Nedjeljko Karabasil Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia – a real food safety hazard person application/pdf 401385 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:273 no yes 16 70 92000004 71A01 IOP Conf. Series: earth and environmental science 854 IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science IOP Publishing 2021