Coenurus Cerebralis Associated Pathological Findings In Goats: Research Communication

Abstract

Coenurosis, which is also known as gid is a stage, which causes infection especially in goats, sheeps and sometimes also in human. This is the intermediate stage of the tapeworm of carnivores, known as Taenia multiceps. Blood, CSF, brain and cyst samples of total 30 (N=30) were obtained from the affected goats.CBC, serum biochemistry, PCR, cytology and histopathology was performed. The data about owner, management and conditions were recorded. Chi-square test and Independent t-test was used for analysis.Statistical analysis was performed on Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (IBM SPSS version 25) software. This study done yield data about the status of acute and chronic form of Coenurosis cerebralis in goats population of district Lahore and its cytological effects and histopathological lesion,as well as, its hematological effects and molecular characterization.The study findings helped in designing some strict measures for minimizing economic losses in livestock industry of Pakistan.