MAIN

 

©1996-2018. All Rights Reserved. Online Journal of Veterinary Research . You may not store these pages in any form except for your own personal use. All other usage or distribution is illegal under international copyright treaties. Permission to use any of these pages in any other way besides the before mentioned must be gained in writing from the publisher. This article is exclusively copyrighted in its entirety toOJVR.This article may be copied once but may not be, reproduced or re-transmitted without the express permission of the editors. This journal satisfies the refereeing requirements (DEST) for the Higher Education Research Data Collection (Australia). Linking:To link to this page or any pages linking to this page you must link directly to this page only here rather than put up your own page.

OJVRTM
Online Journal of Veterinary Research©

Volume 17 (12):685-690, 2013. Extensively Redacted 2017.

 A rare case of Schistosomus reflexus in a goat

 

Mohammad Hashemnia1*, Javad Asadi2, Ghasem Farjani Kish3, Moosa Javdani4

 

Departments of 1Pathology and 4Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, Razi University, Kermanshah and 2Clinical Studies and 3Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

 

ABSTRACT

 

Hashemnia M, Asadi J,  Farjani Kish G,  Javdani M., A rare case of Schistosomus reflexus in a goat, Onl J Vet Res., 17 (12):685-690, 2013. Schistosoma reflexus (SR) is a rare and fatal congenital disorder. Primarily observed in ruminants, its defining features include spinal inversion, exposure of the abdominal viscera because of a fissure of the ventral abdominal wall, limb ankylosis, positioning of limbs adjacent to skull and lung hypoplasia. The present study was aimed at the definition of a case of SR observed for the first time in a goat, based on anatomical and histopathological findings. This case of SR had multiple congenital anomalies. In fact, all organs and systems displayed an irregular orientation, with the exception of the head and neck. Microscopic examination revealed necrotic and degenerative lesions in the brain, liver, kidneys and lungs. The lesions were not found in the other organs.

 

Key words: Schistosomus reflexus, anatomical and histopathological findings, goat

MAIN

 

FULL-TEXT(SUBSCRIPTION OR PURCHASE TITLE $25USD)