Presumptive protozoan (sarcocystis) encephalomyelitis with paresis in lambs

Stubbings, D.P.; Jeffrey, M.

Veterinary Record 116(14): 373-374

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900
PMID: 3922102
Document Number: 252139
Histological examination of affected lambs in an outbreak of partial paralysis in a sheep flock grazing pasture contaminated with foxhound faeces revealed encephalomyelitis and sarcocysts in brain and muscle. These were identified morphologically as Sarcocystis ovicanis and S. tenella.

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