Bovine cysticercosis prevalence reached 6.46 percent across 604 cattle inspected at two abattoirs in western Ethiopia. Cattle slaughtered at the rural-district abattoir were about three times as likely to be infected as cattle at the capital-town abattoir, and 35.8 percent of the recovered cysts were still viable. Among 200 residents, 23 percent reported a lifetime tapeworm infection and 55.5 percent still ate raw or undercooked beef. Why bovine cysticercosis prevalence matters to both veterinarians and clinicians Bovine cysticercosis is a zoonotic disease: the larval stage of Taenia saginata, the beef tapeworm, lodged in the muscle of cattle. The adult worm lives in the human intestine and causes taeniasis. These are…