| cerebrospinal nematodiasis in a white-handed gibbon (hylobates lar) due to baylisascaris sp. | an adult white-handed gibbon (hylobates lar) at a zoo in eastern kansas was euthanized after developing a head tremor, generalized motor incoordination, and partial paresis of the right arm that persisted over 2 yr. magnetic resonance imaging early in the course of the disease demonstrated a localized left frontal lobe cerebritis. larvae morphologically consistent with a baylisascaris species were seen in tissue sections of the cerebrum and cerebellum. epizootiologic investigation, which include ... | 1998 | 9732041 |