Prevelance of Coenurosis in Clinically Healthy Sheep

Abstract

In this study, Coenurus cerebralis was detected in brain tissues of 12 of 100 sheep (12%). C. cerebralis was detected in clinically healthy sheep as 11.1%. Coenurosis was found 24% of females and 8% of males in the present study. Two years old sheep constituted 50% of the infected animals. The cysts located in the cerebral hemispheres and the cerebellum were 83.3% and 16.7%, respectively. C. cerebralis located in the cerebral hemispheres preferred the right side (frontal and occipital lob) as the rate of 77.8%. The clinical signs of coenurosis were shown in only one of the sheep examined. The cyst occupied in all left hemispheres of the brain in this sheep. Only one coenurus was observed in all sheep examined. The measurement of coenurus was calculated as 4 - 9.5 cm.