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 conten...

The cestode Multiceps multiceps is well known as a cause of intracerebral cysts in sheep, but there are only three reports of similar human infestation certainly due to this particular parasite (Brumpt, 1936 ; Clapham, 1941 ; Cluver, quoted by Craig and Faust, 1943). The subcutaneous tissues in man have been more frequently involved; there are some eight reports from various continents. The cas...

Canine taeniids are among the major tapeworms with remarkable medical and economic significance. Reliable diagnosis and differentiation of dog taeniids using simple and sensitive tools are of paramount importance for establishing an efficient surveillance system. Microsatellites as abundant unique tandem repeats of short DNA motifs are useful genetic markers for molecular epidemiological studie...

Coenurosis is a disease of the central nervous system in sheep, caused by Coenurus cerebralis, the larval stage of Multiceps multiceps, which inhabits the small intestine of Canidae. A case of regurgitations in a 2.5 month old lamb with acute coenurosis is being reported. The lamb was presented with a sudden onset of ataxia and regurgitations for 10 days. The post-mortem examination revealed 4 ...

A single, fatal case of disseminated subarachnoid coenurosis in an infant is presented to illustrate the computed tomographic (CT) findings. The larval stage of Multiceps multiceps (dog tapeworm) is always confined to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathways where the cysts may be imaged with CT. Previous reports of this rare human infestation do not include high-resolution CT [1-5]. Standard CT ...