Spinal nematodosis in a donkey with posterior paresis.
Spinal nematodosis in a four-year-old donkey is described. The animal showed progressive hindlimb paresis of sudden onset. Necropsy revealed extensive degeneration and inflammation in the lumbosacral part of the spinal cord, caused by a nematode larva of the suborder Strongylina, probably L4 or L5 of Strongylus vulgaris.
D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006614:Hindlimb; D008297:Male; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010527:Perissodactyla; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013320:Strongyloidea