{"id":5337,"date":"2016-10-26T08:25:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T07:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sesc.cat\/multiple-parasitic-lesions-in-a-lamb-carcass\/"},"modified":"2022-04-02T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T13:42:14","slug":"multiple-parasitic-lesions-in-a-lamb-carcass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sesc.cat\/en\/multiple-parasitic-lesions-in-a-lamb-carcass\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple parasitic lesions in a lamb carcass"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a 4 months old \u00a0female lamb carcass multiple nodular lesions were observed, whitish, some of them calcified, in the lung, liver, heart and different skeletal muscles.<\/p>\n

Some of the cysts observed at the level of serous membranes<\/strong>, such as those of the liver<\/a>, showed viable cisticerci. Due to thier location, these could be classified as visceral cysticercosis \u00a0or Cysticercus tenuicollis<\/em><\/strong> (larval stage of Taenia hydatigena,\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0which is very common in small ruminants and its final host is the dog).<\/p>\n

Muscular nodules,\u00a0<\/strong> both in skeletal muscle and myocardium, corresponded microscopically to granulomatous type lesions type with a strong component of eosinophilic leukocytes characteristic of parasitic processes. In this case it is therefore compatible with muscular cysticercosis<\/a> or Cysticercus ovis<\/strong><\/em>. It is the larval stage of Taenia ovis<\/em>, another parasite that has the dog as definitive host. It is not\u00a0a zoonosis, but it can lead to economic losses since the carcass becomes unfit for consumption.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, microscopically \u00a0Sarcocystis<\/em><\/strong> cysts\u00a0were observed in the muscle fibers of the heart. Usually these parasites are associated with eosinophilic myositis lesions<\/a>, although in this case\u00a0it colud not be appreciated\u00a0macro nor microscopically.<\/p>\n

It is reccomended to revise the program of anti-parasite treatment (particularly of dogs) in the farms with carcasses that have this problem.<\/p>\n

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\"Granulomes

Granulomas in the diaphragm (muscular cysticercosis).<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"M\u00faltiples

Multiple granulomas in the miocardium (muscular cysticercosis).<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Quist

Degenerated cyst in the serosa of the lung (visceral cysticercosis).<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Quists

Cysts in the liver serosa, the one on the left had a viable cysticercus (visceral cysticercosis).<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Granuloma

Granuloma in skeletal musculature (muscular cysticercosis).<\/p><\/div>\n

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