Verminous encephalitis in commercial chickens.
An outbreak of fatal encephalitis in four-week-old chickens is described. The causal agent was shown to be Baylisascaris procyonis, the common roundworm of raccoons.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology; D002645:Chickens; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology