Report of cysticercosis in sheep of Ballesta, Bolivar, Colombia

[...]cysticercosis damages the liver of sheep and potentially have a deleterious effect on the productivity of the flock. Natura - nature Mundus Plinius - physical world naturalia - natural bodies Biota Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1 925 - eukaryotes Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910 - eumetazoans Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians Eubilateria Ax, 1987 Protostomia Grobben, 1908 Lophotrochozoa K.M. Halanych et al., 1995 - lophotrochozoans Platyzoa Ax, 1987 Phylum Platyhelminthes Gegenbaur, 1859 - flatworms Subphylum Neodermata (Ehlers, 1985) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 Infraphylum Cercomeromorpha (Bychowsky, 1937) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 Class Cestoda - tapeworms Nephroposticophora Subclass Eucestoda - eucestodes Order Cyclophyllidea van Beneden, 1900 Family Taeniidae Ludwig, 1886 Genus Cysticercus rudolphi, 1801 Cysticercus tenuicollis (Figura 1). De Wolf BD. Cysticercus ovis in Canadian sheep: risk factors and a transmission model to assess control measures (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Guelph). Seo SN, McCarl BA, Mendelsohn R. From beef cattle to sheep under global warming?