Department of Veterinary Pathology, Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Akola-444104, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding author. Email: drmshedau@rediffmail.com
Online published on 18 December, 2018.
An incidence of acute cysticercosis due to Cysticercus tenuicollis occurred in six female and one male Berari goat kids 3–8 months old in a goat farm in Western Vidarbha, India. A total of seven goats died within a period of 20 days. Necropsy revealed multiple cysts attached to the liver, mesentery and peritoneum. Size of the cysts varied from 1 to 7 cm. Histopathological examination of liver revealed presence of channels caused by migration of the immature cysticerci along with granular degeneration and infiltration of mononuclear cells.
Berari, Cysticercus tenuicollis, Goat kids, Hepatitis
