Peritoneal Cavity - Parasitic Pathology

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Parasitic cysts

Image of Taenia hydatigena cyst in ovine omentum from Cornell Veterinary Medicine

Hydatid cysts


Other parasites

  • Setaria spp. use peritoneal cavity of many herbivores as their final destination
    • Dead individuals may cause granulomatous peritonitis
    • Sheathed microphilariae deposited in the peritoneal cavity move to blood and are transferred to their intermediate hosts, the mosquitos or other biting insects