Vol. 10, Issue 9, Part D (2025)

Author(s): DT Kaarthick, A Latchumikanthan, D Vishnugurubaran, K Vijayakaran, A Vijayarajan and JV Subash Chandra Bose

Abstract: A two-year-old non-descript goat was presented to the Veterinary Clinical Complex, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, VCRI, Orathanadu with a history of fluctuating subcutaneous swellings noticed near the left eyeball and mandible. Fine needle aspiration biopsy revealed the presence of clear watery fluid. Under local anaesthesia, using exploratory surgery, a thin-walled parasitic cyst was successfully removed. Microscopic examination confirmed it as Coenurus gaigeri and molecular analysis revealed a ~400 bp PCR product which is specific amplification of Taenia multiceps mitochondrial gene. Post-operatively, the goat was treated with antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and a fenbendazole-praziquantel combination, achieving full recovery by the 14th day without any complications.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2025.v10.i9d.2564