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Prior to death the animal had progressive neurological signs like apathy and torticollis. In the cerebrum a focally extensive severe granulomatous to necrotizing encephalitis with an intralesional larval nematode was diagnosed. Based on the clinical and pathological findings, the larval morphology and the epidemiological background, the larva was identified as <jats:italic>Baylisascaris procyonis<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Cerebral baylisascariosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis in zoo and pet birds with neurological signs having contact to racoons or rather racoon faeces in Germany due to the high prevalence of <jats:italic>Baylisascaris procyonis<\/jats:italic> in the German raccoon population.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12917-024-03946-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,8]],"date-time":"2024-03-08T09:02:39Z","timestamp":1709888559000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Cerebral baylisascariosis in a rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) in a German Zoo"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Sarah","family":"Pfetzing","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andreas","family":"Bernhard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christian","family":"Bauer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Florian","family":"Hansmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,8]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"3946_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"404","DOI":"10.1016\/j.vetpar.2012.12.036","volume":"193","author":"C Bauer","year":"2013","unstructured":"Bauer C. 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