title: Baylisascaris procyonis infection in a Moluccan cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis).
abstract: An adult female Moluccan cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) was evaluated for a 10-day history of progressive ataxia and weakness. The bird had been exposed intermittently over a 3-day period to a cage that had previously housed juvenile raccoons. Results of diagnostic tests were inconclusive and, despite supportive care, the bird died 7 days after the initial presentation. Histopathologic examination revealed a single nematode larva in the midbrain that was consistent with Baylisascaris species and multifocal granulomas in the left ventricle of the heart. The neurologic disease in this bird was attributed to encephalitis caused by neural larval migration of the raccoon roundworm, Baylisascaris procyonis.
authors: Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
authors: Karen N
authors: KN
authors: Wolf
authors: Brad
authors: B
authors: Lock
authors: James W
authors: JW
authors: Carpenter
authors: Michael M
authors: MM
authors: Garner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017191:Ascaridida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D001199:Ascaridoidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D046410:Cockatoos; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D011821:Raccoons / Q000469:parasitology