Ocular infection of cattle with Setaria digitata

J Vet Med Sci. 2002 Jan;64(1):7-10. doi: 10.1292/jvms.64.7.

Abstract

One 5-month-old female native Korean calf and a 2-year-old female Holstein cow raised in two farms about 4 km apart from each other in Korea, were found to have the left eye opaque, which included motile white worms in the aqueous humor. The parasite removed from the left eye of the calf was identified as Setaria digitata based on both light and electron microscopic features. The ocular infection with S. digitata reported herein may document the first aberrant case in Korean cattle.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / parasitology*
  • Cattle Diseases / surgery
  • Eye Diseases / parasitology
  • Eye Diseases / surgery
  • Eye Diseases / veterinary*
  • Female
  • Korea
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / veterinary
  • Setaria Nematode / growth & development*
  • Setaria Nematode / ultrastructure
  • Setariasis / parasitology*
  • Setariasis / surgery