This paper reports the first case of coenurosis in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This disease is caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia multiceps (Leske, 1780). The animal in which the disease was diagnosed was an 18-month-old ewe from an endemic area of Southern Brazil as an imported animal among a group of 30 sheep. The clinic-pathological condition was that commonly fou...

BACKGROUND The aim was to study the gastro-intestinal helminths of stray dogs of Garmsar, Semnan Province, Central Iran, and its impacts on human health and animal production. METHODS During 2006, the alimentary tracts of 50 stray dogs at necropsy, selected from villages around Garmsar, were removed, and examined for helminth infections. Subsequently helminths were collected from the contents...

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 (AGOR...

Coenurus cerebralis is the larval stage of Taenia multiceps inhabiting the small intestine of dogs and wild carnivores as the definitive hosts. A two-year-old wild female goat (Capra aegagrus) was referred with signs of lateral recumbency and seizure for four days and loss of appetite. In clinical examination, paddling, convulsion, and unconsciousness were observed in...

Coenurosis due to Taenia multiceps has emerged as a major concern small ruminant-owning communities in northern Tanzania. Although high incidence of disease been reported, gaps still remain our knowledge the problem across different agro-ecological settings. The study aimed determine prevalence coenurosis ruminants and taeniid infection dogs identify risk factors for infection. Questionnaire su...