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Veterinary Pathology, Vol 36, Issue 6 618-620, Copyright © 1999 by American College of Veterinary Pathologists

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Cerebral larva migrans in a raccoon (Procyon lotor)

A. N. Hamir, D. E. Snyder and J. R. Lichtenfels
National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA 50010, USA. ahamir@nadc.ars.usda.gov

During 1997, gross and histopathologic examinations were performed on an adult female raccoon (Procyon lotor) that was live-trapped in Corvallis, Oregon. Multifocal eosinophilic granulomas indicative of neural and visceral larva migrans were observed. However, within these granulomas, the presence of parasitic larva was seen only in the cerebrum. Morphologic characteristics indicated that the nematode was an ascarid larva. However, it was smaller than the larva of Baylisascaris sp. This appears to be the first documented case of cerebral larva migrans in a raccoon.




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