Naturally occurring cerebral nematodiasis due to baylisascaris larval migration in two black-and-white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata variegata) and suspected cases in three emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 204-207

  Campbell, Gregory A ^a   Hoover, John P ^a   Russell, William C ^b   Breazile, James E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulsa Zoological Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Baylisascaris procyonis; Dromaius novaehollandiae; Emu; Lemurs; Primates; Varecia variegata variegata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; RACCOON;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; LEMURIDAE; MALE; RACCOONS;

EID: 0031157778     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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