author(s)
Gautam Bordoloi, Prabhat Chandra Sarma, Biraj Kumar Sarma, Karuna Saikia, Pradip Rajbongshi, Kandarpa Boruah, Siddhartha Shankar Pathak, Prasanta Kumar Boro, Pallabi Thakuria, Jitu Moni Das, Sanjib Khargharia, Prasanta Chabukdhara, L Sanathoi Khuman and Uma Ram Tamuli

abstract
The present communication describes a neurological disorder characterized by appearance of clinical symptoms like muscular weakness, unsteady gait, paresis of hind legs and lateral recumbency in two adult female cross-bred goats from a flock raised at the Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science, North Lakhimpur, Assam. The affected goats with normal body temperature were unresponsive to initial heat therapy and neuro-stimulant administration. Subsequent blood examination by Knott’s technique revealed presence of sheathed microfilariae. Administration of diethyl carbamazine citrate (DEC) @ 100mg per os daily for 5 days and Tribivet-M @ 1.5 ml i/m every alternate day for 7 occasions led gradual resolution of clinical symptoms and complete recovery.