Pathologic features and molecular identification of parelaphostrongylosis in a sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii). Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We report the pathologic features, local inflammatory response immunophenotype, and molecular identification results of cerebral nematodiasis in a young sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) from Texas. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of cerebral nematodiasis by Parelaphostrongylus tenuis in a sitatunga, a bovid species introduced into the USA, and the first characterization of the local inflammatory response immunoprofile in this condition. A molecular identification method based on formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded-polymerase chain reaction was described. These results contribute to knowledge on geographical distribution and host spectrum of P. tenuis, and highlight the relevance of this nematodiasis in nave translocated or introduced bovid species into endemic areas.

published proceedings

  • J Vet Med Sci

author list (cited authors)

  • Daz-Delgado, J., Cruz, D., Sobotyk, C., Hensley, T., Anguiano, M., Verocai, G. G., & Gomez, G.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Díaz-Delgado, Josué||Cruz, David||Sobotyk, Caroline||Hensley, Terry||Anguiano, Maritza||Verocai, Guilherme G||Gomez, Gabriel

publication date

  • September 2021