Fatal perinatal sarcocystosis in a lamb.
A 3-wk-old lamb died because of neurological disease. The predominant microscopic lesions were in the brain and spinal cord and consisted of nonsuppurative encephalomyelitis with severe gliosis throughout the gray and white matter. Immature and mature schizonts, 15.7 x 10.6 microns (8-30 x 6-18 microns), occurred in capillaries and were structurally similar to those of Sarcocystis tenella.
Dubey
J P
JP
Zoonotic Diseases Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.
Hartley
W J
WJ
Badman
R T
RT
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002196:Capillaries / Q000469:parasitology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology