Parelaphostrongylus tenuis Cerebrospinal Nematodiasis in a Horse with Cervical Scoliosis and Meningomyelitis.
There are reports of horses with acute onset acquired cervical scoliosis and cutaneous analgesia. The underlying dorsal gray column myelitis that produces these neurologic signs has been only presumptively attributed to migration of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis within the spinal cord. Despite previous confirmation brain by polymerase chain reaction testing, of P. tenuis within the brain of horses by polymerase chain reaction testing, genetic testing has failed to definitively identify the presence of this parasite in cases of equine myelitis. This case report provides molecular confirmation via polymerase chain reaction of P. tenuis within the cervical spinal cord of a horse with scoliosis and cutaneous analgesia.
New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Kennett Square, PA.
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Mittelman
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Equine and Farm Animal Hospital, Ithaca, NY.
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Divers
New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Kennett Square, PA.
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Engiles
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN.
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Gerhold
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Equine and Farm Animal Hospital, Ithaca, NY.
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Ness
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Equine and Farm Animal Hospital, Ithaca, NY.
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Scrivani
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Equine and Farm Animal Hospital, Ithaca, NY.
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Southard
New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Kennett Square, PA.
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Johnson
D000818:Animals; D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D006736:Horses; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008681:Metastrongyloidea; D009187:Myelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
Meningeal worm; Parasite; Parelaphostrongylus