[Coenurosis in a sheep in Santa Catarina State, Brazil].
Coenurus cerebralis infection is commonly occurring parasite in small ruminants worldwide. A ewe showed head inclination to the left, equilibrium loss, impetuous movement to the high, falling in left lateral recumbency and recovering movement later. Seven days later, the animal remained in permanent lateral recumbency and nystagmus. Euthanasia was carried out and a routine necropsy examination was performed. A large volume was found on the right side of the cerebellum due to a cystic cavity, with approximately 1.5 cm of diameter and it was identified as Coenurus cerebralis.
De Souza
Antonio Pereira
AP
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Centro deCiências Agroveterinárias, Avenida Luiz de Camões, 2090 Bairro Conta Dinheiro, Lages, SC 88520-000, Brazil.
Gava
Aldo
A
Bellato
Valdomiro
V
Sartor
Amélia Aparecida
AA
De Moura
Anderson Barbosa
AB
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D007814:Larva; D012756:Sheep / Q000469:parasitology*; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000662:veterinary*