FATAL CEREBRAL COENUROSIS IN A CAT

Authors
HUSS BT MILLER MA CORWIN RM HOBERG EP OBRIEN DP
Citation
Bt. Huss et al., FATAL CEREBRAL COENUROSIS IN A CAT, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 205(1), 1994, pp. 69-71
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031488
Volume
205
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
69 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1488(1994)205:1<69:FCCIAC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Cats may serve as accidental intermediate hosts for Taenia serialis, a cquiring the parasite by ingestion of infective ova from canid feces. Development of cerebral coenuri in such accidental hosts may result in fatal neurologic disease.