A Sarcocystis neurona-like organism associated with encephalitis in a striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis).
A Sarcocystis neurona-like organism was associated with granulomatous encephalitis in an ataxic male juvenile striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Various stages of schizonts and merozoites of S. neurona were seen within some of the granulomata.
Dubey
J P
JP
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Livestock & Poultry Sciences Institute, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350, USA.
Hamir
A N
AN
Niezgoda
M
M
Rupprecht
C E
CE
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D012889:Mephitidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*