Sarcocystis neurona-like encephalitis in a Canada lynx (Felis lynx canadensis)

Authors
Forest, TW Abou-Madi, N Summers, BA Tornquist, SJ Cooper, BJ
Citation
Tw. Forest et al., Sarcocystis neurona-like encephalitis in a Canada lynx (Felis lynx canadensis), J ZOO WILD, 31(3), 2000, pp. 383-387
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE
ISSN journal
10427260 → ACNP
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
383 - 387
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-7260(200009)31:3<383:SNEIAC>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A 13-yr-old female Canada lynx (Felis lynx canndensis) died after a short c linical illness, and necropsy revealed multifocal, nonsuppurative encephali tis with protozoal schizonts present in cerebral vascular endothelial cells . The schizonts stained immunohistochemically with antiserum to Sarcocystis neurona. This is the first report of Sarcocystis encephalitis in the Canad a lynx.