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1 October 2000 Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in a Free-ranging Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep from Washington
Timothy V. Baszler, J. P. Dubey, Christiane V. Löhr, William J. Foreyt
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Abstract

A 4-mo-old free-ranging Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) from the Hells Canyon area (Washington, USA) was diagnosed with encephalitis associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection. The sheep had concurrent pneumonic pastuerellosis and resided in a geographic area with endemic Pastuerella-associated pneumonia and mortality in bighorn sheep. The brain had multifocal necrotizing and nonsuppurative encephalitis with intralesional protozoa. The protozoa were identified as T. gondii by immunohistochemistry. To our knowledge, this is the first report of T. gondii infection in a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.

Baszler, Dubey, Löhr, and Foreyt: Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in a Free-ranging Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep from Washington
Timothy V. Baszler, J. P. Dubey, Christiane V. Löhr, and William J. Foreyt "Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in a Free-ranging Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep from Washington," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36(4), 752-754, (1 October 2000). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.752
Received: 12 June 1999; Published: 1 October 2000
KEYWORDS
Bighorn Sheep
case report
encephalitis
Ovis canadensis canadensis
Toxoplasma gondii
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