Acute coenurosis in lambs.
Vet Med Sci
; 9(6): 2786-2790, 2023 11.
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ABSTRACT
Six 100-day-old mixed-breed lambs were examined in a farm with a semi-intensive system due to neurologic signs. Cachexia, bilateral blindness, stupor, severe drowsiness and lethargy with left and right movements of the head and neck were recorded after awakening and stimulation. Lambs died 10 days after the onset of the clinical signs. The lambs were necropsied, and after routine parasitology, bacteriology and histopathology, the occurrence of acute coenurosis was confirmed due to finding multiple cystic structures in the brain tissue. All lambs of the herd were treated with albendazole (orally, 25 mg/kg, two doses with an interval of 14 days). All shepherd dogs were treated with popantel (orally, one tablet/10 kg, two doses with an interval of 14 days). The affected lambs died despite this treatment. No new case of the disease was observed after the initiation of control measures. The present study shows the importance of preventive measure against coenurosis in a semi-intensive sheep farming system that includes implementing consistent parasite control programme in dogs being in contact with sheep.
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01-internacional
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2_ODS3
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças dos Ovinos
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Cisticercose
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Infecções por Cestoides
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Doenças do Cão
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Animals
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En
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Vet Med Sci
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article