Frenkelia microti infection in a chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger) in the United States

J P Dubey; T R Clark; D Yantis

doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[1149:FMIIAC]2.0.CO;2

Frenkelia microti infection in a chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger) in the United States

J Parasitol. 2000 Oct;86(5):1149-50. doi: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[1149:FMIIAC]2.0.CO;2.

Authors

J P Dubey¹, T R Clark, D Yantis

Affiliation

¹ Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350, USA.

PMID: 11128498
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[1149:FMIIAC]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

A Frenkelia microti tissue cyst was found in the brain of a chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger) used for biomedical research. This is the first report of Frenkelia infection in this animal in the United States.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain / parasitology
Chinchilla / parasitology*
Coccidiosis / parasitology
Coccidiosis / veterinary*
Female
Rodent Diseases / parasitology*
Sarcocystidae / isolation & purification*
United States