title: Equine neural angiostrongylosis.
abstract: Verminous encephalomyelitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae was diagnosed in 2 foals at necropsy. The principal clinical feature was tetraparesis, although history and neurological examination revealed progressive and multifocal neurological disease. At presentation, a tentative diagnosis of parasitic larval migration involving the central nervous system (CNS), presumably due to Strongylus vulgaris, was proposed. Dissection of the spinal cord in one case resulted in recovery of intact larvae of both sexes of A. cantonensis. In both foals, histopathology of the brain and spinal cord revealed nematode sections which were consistent with A. cantonensis larvae.
authors.affiliation: University of Queensland.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Waddell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Wadell
mesh_terms: D000801:Angiostrongylus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology