Case report of concurrent occurrence of coenurosis and listerial encephalitis in a sheep

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Title: Case report of concurrent occurrence of coenurosis and listerial encephalitis in a sheep
Authors: Sirous Sadeghian Chaleshtori, Mostafa Abdollahi, Sara Shokrpoor, Iraj Ashrafi-Tamai, Maryam Hashemian
Source: Āsīb/shināsī-i Darmāngāhī-i Dāmpizishkī, Vol 14, Iss 3 (55) پاییز, Pp 301-314 (2020)
Publisher Information: Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, 2020.
Publication Year: 2020
Collection: LCC:Veterinary medicine
Subject Terms: coenurus cerebralis, listeria monocytogenes, sheep, taenia multiceps, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100
More Details: Coenurosis and Listerial encephalitis are two diseases of the central nervous system in sheep. In September 2018, an 18-month-old male sheep was referred to the Tehran University Veterinary Hospital with complaints of dullness, depression and anorexia. In observation and clinical examination within 1 hour, signs of dullness, depression, body temperature of 39°C , unilateral left sided blindness, clonic seizure, head deviation to the left, stiffness of the limbs, circling in a circular path and head tilt were recorded. After clinical examination, the patient underwent hematological laboratory tests and cerebrospinal fluid analysis, and autopsy under sterile conditions. Neutrophilic-eosinophilic pleocytosis was present in the cytological examination of cerebrospinal fluid and in autopsy, a protoscolex containing cyst was observed in the affected brain. The scolexes were examined by PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction), which confirmed the presence of Coenuosis cerebralis. The brain sample was then subjected to bacterial culture (with cold enrichment) and histopathological examination. The presence of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria was identified during biochemical and PCR investigations. In histopathological study of brain tissue, meningoencephalitis and mononuclear cell infiltration around the cyst were observed. After bacterial isolation, the antibiotic susceptibility of isolates was determined with the highest susceptibility recorded to penicillin. In the survey of relevant herd status, the consumption of low quality silage with an acidity of 5.8 and the presence of 15 stray dogs in the pasture were recorded.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: Persian
ISSN: 2322-4746
2476-6984
Relation: http://jvcp.iaut.ac.ir/article_676127_ce15bd8f370e64f52bddbc4adbccd15e.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2322-4746; https://doaj.org/toc/2476-6984
DOI: 10.30495/jvcp.2020.1894379.1259
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/aa086a1640234aeca957fc3e5da8c8a3
Accession Number: edsdoj.086a1640234aeca957fc3e5da8c8a3
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:23224746
24766984
DOI:10.30495/jvcp.2020.1894379.1259
Published in:Āsīb/shināsī-i Darmāngāhī-i Dāmpizishkī
Language:Persian