| genetic variation within taenia multiceps in sardinia, western mediterranean (italy). | investigations were undertaken on taenia multiceps to determine if genetic variation was present within the parasites of sardinia (italy). forty samples were obtained from various locations of sardinia and deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) was extracted. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) was performed on nadh dehydrogenase i (nd1) and cytochrome c subunit 1 (co1) mitochondrial genes and amplicons were then sequenced and aligned with bioedit software. pairwise comparison between the nd1 sequences of the ... | 2006 | 16614827 |
| updates on morphobiology, epidemiology and molecular characterization of coenurosis in sheep. | taenia multiceps (leske, 1780) is a taeniid cestode that in its adult stage lives in the small intestine of dogs and other canids. the metacestode, previously known as coenurus cerebralis, is usually found in the nervous system including brain and spinal cord in sheep and other ruminants. the presence of cysts typically leads to neurological symptoms that in the majority of cases result in the death of the animal from starvation after some weeks. coenurosis could cause high losses in sheep farms ... | 2006 | 16881398 |
| morphological and molecular characterization of bovine coenurosis in sardinia, italy. | coenurosis is a central nervous system disease of wild and domestic ruminants caused by coenurus cerebralis, a bladder worm stage of taenia multiceps). even in sardinia island, this metacestode seems to be widespread in sheep (scala et al. vet parasitol 143(3-4):294-298, 2007) where coenurosis is an important health problem (varcasia et al. parasitol res 99(5):622-626, 2006) the last and unique report of coenurosis in cattle was in 1990 (cubeddu et al. 1990). in the present paper, a case of bovi ... | 2012 | 23274489 |
| morphology and genetic variability within taenia multiceps in ruminants from italy. | the aim of this study was to investigate the genetic variability and population structure of taenia multiceps, and to correlate morphological features of individual coenuri with haplotypes. a total of 92 animals (86 sheep; 4 goats; 1 cattle; 1 mouflon, ovis musimon) aged between 6-36 months showing clinical symptoms of cerebral coenurosis were included in this study. t. multiceps coenuri (n=118) sampled from live animals during routine surgery procedures or at post-mortem inspections were examin ... | 2016 | 27198798 |
| cisternal cerebrospinal fluid analysis in 24 sheep with chronic coenurosis. | coenurosis, a neurological parasitic infection of ruminants caused by the larval stage of taenia multiceps, is commonly reported in sardinia, the most representative region for ovine population in italy. chronic form appears as a consequence of cyst development, frequently reported in the brain and spinal cord. diagnostic suspect of coenurosis is based on physical and neurological examination. the aim of this article is to describe physical, biochemical and cytological aspects of cisternal cereb ... | 2014 | 24715594 |