Coenurus

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Coenurus

a variant of the cyst stage in the development of tapeworms. The coenurus has numerous heads, which are twisted into the cavity of the cyst. The coenuri of 31 species of the genus Multiceps have been described. That of Multiceps skrjabini may reach 35 cm in diameter. The cysticercus of this type, with a diameter up to 10 cm, is characteristic of Multiceps multiceps, which in its adult state parasitizes the intestinal tract of dogs and other canines and in the coenurus stage parasitizes the brains of sheep and occasionally of cattle, horses, and humans. Coenuri cause diseases known as coenuroses.

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The major economic losses associated to coenurosis in small ruminants are abattoir brain condemnation, time and loss of energy to dissect the brain of small ruminants for export purpose (Adane et al., 2015) Shepherds or the owner often facilitate the contamination of the environment by opening the skull of infected sheep leaving the Coenurus cyst free to be eaten by dogs or feeding them directly with the definitive host (Scala and Varcasia, 2006)

to get rid of Gid or Coenurosis which is a disease of the central nervous system in sheep caused by Coenurus cerebralis, the larval stage of Taenia multiceps, a tape worm, which infests the small intestine of carnivores.

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Keywords: Coenurus cyst; palpebral sub-conjunctiva; sheep

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Laboratory investigation confirmed it as a Coenurus cerebralis cyst.

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Coenurus cerebralis is the larval form of Taenia multiceps which lives in small intestines of carnivores (Christodoulopoulos, 2007).

Surgical Management of Coenurus cerebralis (Gid) in a Doe

Involvement of brain may produce nervous symptoms like 'gid' caused by Coenurus cerebralis and thus oestrosis is also referred as 'false gid' (Soulsby, 1992; Sharma et al., 2014).

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Coenurus cysts with multiple scolices recorded from brain and spinal cord of sheep and goat have been identified as Coenurus cerebralis, while those from connective tissues and visceral organs are considered as C.

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Coenurus gaigeri were known to occur in domestic and wild animals in India (Varma et al.).

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Upon ingestion of eggs, oncospheres escape from the eggs, penetrate the gut wall and enters the circulation and form fluid filled bladder like cysts in various tissues called coenurus. Most commonly the cyst develops in the brain and spinal cord of the animals and affects the central nervous system (Moghaddar, 2007).