<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Echinococcus granulosus, a zoonotic tapeworm with a dog-herbivore life cycle, is known to use ruminants, horses, pigs, etc., as intermediate hosts. Natural infections of hydatid cysts have not been documented in small animals like rabbits in India. This paper records spontaneous intrathoracic, extrapulmonary hydatid cysts of E. granulosus in a cage reared rabbit. The presence of non-invasive unilocular cyst with typical protoscolices containing rostellar hooks favoured the diagnosis of E. granulosus over E. multilocularis, the only other Echinococcus species found in India. The presence of fertile hydatid cyst points to the fact that rabbits can also act as natural intermediate hosts for E. granulosus. The significance of the findings in relation to public health importance is discussed.</p></abstract>

Echinococcus granulosus, a zoonotic tapeworm with a dog-herbivore life cycle, is known to use ruminants, horses, pigs, etc., as intermediate hosts. Natural infections of hydatid cysts have not been documented in small animals like rabbits in India. This paper records spontaneous intrathoracic, extrapulmonary hydatid cysts of E. granulosus in a cage reared rabbit. The presence of non-invasive unilocular cyst with typical protoscolices containing rostellar hooks favoured the diagnosis of E. granulosus over E. multilocularis, the only other Echinococcus species found in India. The presence of fertile hydatid cyst points to the fact that rabbits can also act as natural intermediate hosts for E. granulosus. The significance of the findings in relation to public health importance is discussed.

Spontaneous primary intrathoracic, extrapulmonary hydatid cyst in a broiler rabbit

Sheep Breeding Research Station, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Sandynallah, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India, 643237

Helminthologia

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Echinococcus granulosus, a zoonotic tapeworm with a dog-herbivore life cycle, is known to use ruminants, horses, pigs, etc., as intermediate hosts. Natural...

Spontaneous primary intrathoracic, extrapulmonary hydatid cyst in a broiler rabbit

Published Online: Oct 09, 2010

Page range: 193 - 195

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-010-0029-4

Keywords
Rabbit, Echinococcus granulosus, hydatid cyst, spontaneous

© 2010 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Spontaneous primary intrathoracic, extrapulmonary hydatid cyst in a broiler rabbit

Published Online: Oct 09, 2010

Page range: 193 - 195

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-010-0029-4

KeywordsRabbit, Echinococcus granulosus, hydatid cyst, spontaneous

© 2010 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Rabbit, Echinococcus granulosus, hydatid cyst, spontaneous