VPA-0099
QUESTION
Coenuriasis in sheep causes?
OPTIONS
(A) Sheep Gid
(B) Nervous ataxia
(C) Hydatid disease
(D) Alveolar hydatid disease
ANSWER
(A) Sheep Gid
EXPLANATION
Coenurus cerebralis infection in sheep causes coenurosis, commonly called gid or sturdy. The larval cyst develops mainly in the brain and produces neurological signs such as circling and incoordination; hydatid disease is caused by Echinococcus granulosus, not Coenurus.
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