| COENURIASIS, COENUROSIS, TAENIA, ECHINOCOCCUS, CYSTICERCOSIS, CESTODIASIS, HYDATIDOSIS | |
| Description | Intermediate stages of TAENIA, ECHINOCOCCUS, and other cestodes can invade the nervous or other body systems of domestic animals. Signs caused by growth of the parasite depend on the location of lesions. Cysts can occasionally rupture through the cranium and there might be softening of the skull. |
| Species | Bovine, Canine, Equine, Feline, Caprine, Ovine, Porcine |
| Signs | Abdominal distention, Abnormal behavior, aggression, changing habits, Abnormal lung or pleural sounds, Abnormal proprioceptive positioning, Abnormal pupillary response to light, Abnormal size testes/scrotum, Agalactia, Anorexia, Ascites, Ataxia, Back swelling, Blindness, Bloody stools, feces, hematochezia, Circling, Colic, Coma, Constant or increased vocalization, Deafness, Decreased amount of stools, absent feces, constipation, Decreased or absent menace response but not blind, Dehydration, Diarrhea, Difficulty in prehending or chewing food, Disoriented, Dullness, Dysmetria, Dyspnea, Excessive salivation, Excitement, Exercise intolerance, Exophthalmos, Fever, Forelimb swelling, Generalized weakness, Grinding teeth, Head pressing, Head tilt, Head, face, ears, jaw, nose, nasal, swelling, Head, face, neck, tongue hypoesthesia, Hepatosplenomegaly, Hindlimb swelling, Hyperesthesia, Hypertonia of muscles, myotonia, Inability to stand, Increased respiratory rate, Internal abdominal mass, Lacrimation, Neck swelling, Nystagmus, Opisthotonus, Pain on external abdominal pressure, Pain, scrotum, Pain, testes, Pale, Papilledema, Paraparesis, Petechiae, ecchymoses, purpura, Polydipsia, Polyuria, Propulsion, Reluctant to move, Scoliosis, Seizures or syncope, Skin edema, Strabismus, Sudden death, Swelling mass enlarged prostate, Swelling mass penis, prepuce, testes, scrotum, spermatic cord, Swelling skin or subcutaneous, Swelling, mass external abdomen, Tachycardia, Tetraparesis, Thoracic swelling, Torticollis, Trembling, Tremor, Underweight, Vomiting or regurgitation, Weight loss |
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