Article
Prevalence and Identity of Taenia multiceps cysts "Coenurus cerebralis" in Sheep in Egypt.
Acta tropica - 1 Dec 2017
Amer Said, ElKhatam Ahmed, Fukuda Yasuhiro, Bakr Lamia I, Zidan Shereif, Elsify Ahmed, Mohamed Mostafa A, Tada Chika, Nakai Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
Coenurosis is a parasitic disease caused by the larval stage (Coenurus cerebralis) of the canids cestode Taenia multiceps. C. cerebralis particularly infects sheep and goats, and pose a public health concerns. The present study aimed to determine the occurrence and molecular identity of C. cerebralis infecting sheep in Egypt. Infection rate was determined by postmortem inspection of heads of the cases that showed...
Topics
- Abattoirs
- Animals
- Cysts
- Egypt
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- NAD
- Phylogeny
- Prevalence
- Sheep
- Sheep Diseases
