NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ATTRIBUTABLE TO INFECTION WITH PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS-TENUIS IN BLACKBUCK ANTELOPE

Infections with Parelaphostrongylus tenuis should always be included a s a differential diagnosis for neurologic disease in exotic ungulates. Commingling of white-tailed deer with exotic ungulates should be avoi ded because of the high prevalence of P tenuis infections in white-tai led deer, Definitive diagnosis of a P tenuis infection in exotic hoofs tock will require postmortem examination, because larva generally are not passed in the feces of these aberrant hosts. Larva may not be foun d in all animals with P tenuis infections.