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Cerebral Coenurosis of a Long-Tailed Goral, Naemorhedus caudatus, in Korea

  • Ahn, Sangjin (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Oh, Hyeongseok (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Choi, Soo-Young (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Taek (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyeon-Cheol (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University)
  • Received : 2020.09.17
  • Accepted : 2020.12.28
  • Published : 2021.02.28
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Abstract

We intended to describe a case of cerebral coenurosis in a long-tailed goral, Naemorhedus caudatus, from Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do (Province), in the Korea. The goral, a 10-year-old male, was suffering from neurological symptoms, such as turning the circle to one side without lifting the head straight, and died at 30 days after admission to the wildlife medical rescue center in Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do. A fluid-filled cyst was detected in the left cerebral hemisphere by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The cyst removed from the deceased goral was transparent, about 3×3 cm in size, contained a clear fluid and approximately 320 protoscolices invaginating from the internal germinal layer. The protoscolex had 4 suckers and a rostellum with 28 hooklets arranged in 2 rows. By the present study, a case of cerebral coenurosis was first confirmed in a long-tailed goral, N. caudatus, from Gangwon-do, in Korea. The residents frequently exposed in the sylvatic environment should be careful the accidental infections of zoonotic metacestode of Taenia multiceps, Coenurus cerebralis, in Korea.

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