title: Intraocular nematodiasis in a llama (Lama glama).
abstract: This report describes a unique case of presumed migration of Parelaphastrongylus tenuis through the spinal cord into the eye of a llama where it survived and matured within the ocular environment. Blindness of the eye was most likely attributable to migration of the parasite through the central nervous tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19348, USA. bdunkel@rvc.ac.uk
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dunkel
authors.forename: Raymond W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: Perry L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Habecker
authors.forename: Andras M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Komaromy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002161:Camelids, New World / Q000469:parasitology*; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*