Ultrasonography: An affordable diagnostic tool for precisely locating Coenurosis cyst in sheep And goats

Athar, H.; Fazili, M. R.; Mir, Abdul Qayoom; Gugjoo, Mudasir Bashir; Ahmad, Raja Aijaz; Khan, Hilal Musadiq

doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.10.002

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“…Superficial swellings are common in sheep and goats with a global distribution. They represent one of the most frequent reasons for surgical interference in these animals [4, 7, 11, 12]. However, there is limited literature available about the utility of ultrasound for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of such swellings in sheep and goats.…”

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Superficial swellings in sheep (Ovis aries) and goats (Capra hircus): Clinical and ultrasonographic findings

Sadan

2019

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

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This study describes the clinical presentation of superficial swellings and evaluates the utility of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of such swellings in sheep and goats. Ninety-three sheep and 73 goats were included in this study on the basis of presence of superficial swellings on the head (n=56), neck (n=16), chest wall (n=3), abdominal wall (n=40), umbilicus (n=14), scrotum (n=16), testes (n=1), udder (n=7), limbs (n=2), gluteal region (n=5), tail (n=1), and penile urethra (n=5). Ultrasonographic evaluation of these superficial swellings allowed the diagnosis of abscesses (n=54; 32.52%), cysts (n=12; 7.23%), hernias (n=57; 34.33%), hematomas (n=14; 8.44%), tumors (n=24; 14.45%), and urethral diverticula (n=5; 3.03%). Each lesion type could be precisely discriminated (sensitivity, 88–100%; specificity, 80–100%; and P=0.001). Ultrasonography was found to have a specificity of 100% for the diagnosis of hernias, urethral diverticula, and tumors, and a lower specificity of 80% for hematomas and 93% for abscesses when used for evaluation of superficial swellings in sheep and goats. In conclusion, ultrasonography is a unique, non-invasive diagnostic imaging tool that allows the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and subsequent surgical treatment of different types of superficial swellings in sheep and goats.

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“…Various superficial swellings have been recorded in sheep and goats, resulting in low production of milk, meat, hide, and wool, as well as high economic losses [4, 19]. Superficial swellings affecting sheep and goats are commonly abscesses [4], hematomas [19], hernias [9, 15], cysts [2, 7], urethral diverticula [5, 16, 18,], and neoplasms [3, 12].…”

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Superficial swellings in sheep (Ovis aries) and goats (Capra hircus): Clinical and ultrasonographic findings

Sadan

2019

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

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“…The diagnostic imaging was selected according to the affections which needed to be confirmed. The diagnostic imaging tools used were radiography (Abu-Seida, 2014;Hashemiasl et al, 2016), ultrasonography (Gonzalez-Bulnes et al, 2010;Hakim et al, 2018), and endoscopy (Ali et al, 2019) which performed at the diagnostic imaging unit belonging to a public authority for agriculture affairs and fish resources in the State of Kuwait. Total blood picture and blood chemistry were conducted in cases when required to confirm the primary diagnosis (Pugh and Baird, 2012).…”

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Incidence of the Most Common Surgical Affections Among Sheep and Goats Admitted to a Referral Hospital in the State of Kuwait

Farghali¹,

Ali²,

Shamaa³

2020

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W orldwide, small ruminants are considered as a major source of the production of meat, milk, fur, and leather, in addition to the historical importance for the Arabs, especially the Arab Gulf countries, who consider sheep and goats as distinct animals and have special significance in these areas (Lambertz et al., 2018). Sheep and goats share many diseases and surgical injuries due to their closeness in anatomical and physiological features (Agrawal et al., 2014). However, there is a special nature of each species that makes some disorders more prevalent in one species than the other. The widespread of sheep and goats throughout the world with different breeds, rearing methods, and their purposes, as well as climatic conditions and the nature of nutrition, has led to a difference in the distribution and nature of surgical affections that afflict such animals, from one locality to another (Linklater and Smith 1993; Abdel-Hady et al., 2015). Sheep and goats are an important sector of livestock, food security, and a generational legacy in the state of Kuwait (homeland of the second author), where the number of these animals reached to 731.845 sheep and 182.039 goats in 2016

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“…Although ultrasonography is effective in diagnosing parasitic infections in animals, including other metacestodoses such as cystic echinococcosis and coenurosis [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30], to the best of our knowledge, there are no reports describing the ultrasonographic findings of cysticercus tenuicollis infection in small ruminants.…”

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Αcute visceral cysticercosis caused by Taenia hydatigena in lambs: ultrasonographic findings

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Background Cysticercosis caused by cysticercus tenuicollis is a metacestode infection that affects several species of ungulates. It is caused by the larval stage of Taenia hydatigena, an intestinal tapeworm in dogs and wild canids. In the intermediate host, the mature cysticerci are usually found in the omentum, mesentery, and peritoneum, and less frequently in the pleura and pericardium. The migrating larvae can be found mostly in the liver parenchyma causing traumatic hepatitis in young animals. Most infections are chronic and asymptomatic, and are diagnosed at the abattoir. The acute form of infection is unusual in sheep and reports of death in lambs are rare. Methods In March 2018, fifteen female lambs presented anorexia, weakness, lethargy, and death secondary to acute visceral cysticercosis. Twelve of them underwent hepatic ultrasonography. Examinations were performed on standing or left lateral recumbent animals. Results Livers of affected animals presented rounded margins and a thickened, irregular and hyperechoic surface. Hepatic parenchyma appeared to be wholly or partially affected by lesions characterized by heterogeneous areas crossed by numerous, irregular, anechoic tracts ranging from 1 to 2 cm in length and 0.1 to 0.2 cm in width. Superficial and intraparenchymal cystic structures were also visualized. The presence of lesions was confirmed by anatomopathological examination, and T. hydatigena cysticerci was identified by morphological and molecular characterization of isolates. Conclusions Our results highlighted that hepatic ultrasonography is effective for an intra-vitam diagnosis of acute cysticercosis in lambs.

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Ultrasonography: An affordable diagnostic tool for precisely locating Coenurosis cyst in sheep And goats

Cited by 9 publications

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Superficial swellings in sheep (<i>Ovis aries</i>) and goats (<i>Capra hircus</i>): Clinical and ultrasonographic findings

Superficial swellings in sheep (<i>Ovis aries</i>) and goats (<i>Capra hircus</i>): Clinical and ultrasonographic findings

Incidence of the Most Common Surgical Affections Among Sheep and Goats Admitted to a Referral Hospital in the State of Kuwait

Αcute visceral cysticercosis caused by Taenia hydatigena in lambs: ultrasonographic findings

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