| cerebral angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in a captive african pygmy falcon (polihierax semitorquatus) in southern california. | a 10-month-old, female african pygmy falcon (polihierax semitorquatus) hatched and housed at the san diego zoo developed neurologic signs and died from a cerebral infection with the rat lungworm angiostrongylus cantonensis. there was an associated mild nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis. this infection was diagnosed on histology and confirmed by detection of species-specific a. cantonensis dna in formalin-fixed and frozen brain tissue by a polymerase chain reaction assay. to the authors' knowled ... | 2014 | 25085869 |