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.