Cerebrospinal nematodiasis caused by Parelaphostrongylus tenuis in Angora goats in Texas.
A natural infection of meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) accounted for the death of 11 of 17 (65%) Angora goats in a study in South Texas during 1975. Clinical signs, gross pathology and histopathology in Angoras were similar to other abnormal hosts.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D008681:Metastrongyloidea; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013781:Texas