Encephalomyelitis associated with a Sarcocystis neurona-like organism in a sea otter

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 215, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1839-1842

  Rosonke, Bradley J ^a,d   Brown, Steven R ^a   Tornquist, Susan J ^b   Snyder, Stanley P ^b   Garner, Michael M ^c   Blythe, Linda L ^b  

^a Animal Medical Care of Newport   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

^d Scottsdale Hills Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARNIVORA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOLOGY; PARESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SARCOCYSTIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OTTERS; PARESIS; PYRIMETHAMINE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0033572039     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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