An outbreak of coenurosis in a cattle farm [Bir si{dotless}ǧi{dotless}rci{dotless}li{dotless}k i̇şletmesinde coenurosis salgi{dotless}ni{dotless}]

This study was evaluated 4 cattle infected with coenurosis in a farm of 20 cattle in kars province located in eastern region of turkey. all cases were reported between january and february 2010 and signs noted on clinical examination were,incoordination,circling,impaired vision due to unilateral blindness,pain response on palpation of head and opistotonus. on gross pathology,cysts of coenurus cerebralis were determined in the brains of these cases and brain tissues were histopathologically examined. clinical cases of cattle with coenurosis are quite rare in turkey and world as a whole. it was worth publishing such case report as there exists no previous study reporting outbreak of coenurosis in cattle in a single farm within a short period of time as in this report.