Skip to main content
. 2017 Dec 29;3(1):36–42. doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2017.12.002

Table 1.

Reported cases of Halicephalobus gingivalis infection in equids between 1972 and 2017.

Year Specie Country Clinical presentation Diagnosis Reference
1972 Horse Egypt Encephalitis Post mortem Ferris et al. (1972)
1987 Horse United Kingdom Encephalitis Post mortem, morphological Blunden et al. (1987)
1990 Horse United States Encephalitis, spinal cord lesions Post mortem, morphological Spalding et al. (1990)
1992 Horse Scotland Encephalitis and renal abscess Post mortem, morphological Angus et al. (1992)
1993 Horse United States Encephalitis, osteomyelitis Morphological Ruggles et al. (1993)
1993 Horse United States Encephalitis Morphological Trostle et al. (1993)
1993 Horse United States Prostitis Morphological Dunn et al. (1993)
1995 Horse United States Encephalitis Morphological Rames et al. (1995)
1998 Horse Germany Osteomyelitis gingivitis Morphological Teifke et al. (1998)
2000 Horses United States Encephalitis, nephritis Morphological Kinde et al. (2000)
2000 Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi) United States Ocular infection Morphological Isaza et al. (2000)
2000 Horse Canada Encephalitis Post mortem, morphological Brojer et al. (2000)
2001 Horse United States Encephalitis Post mortem, morphological Wilkins et al. (2001)
2001 Horse United States Encephalitis Post mortem, morphological Johnson et al. (2001)
2001 Horse Canada Encephalitis Morphological Pearce et al. (2001)
2004 Donkey United States Renal abscess Morphological Schmitz and Chaffin (2004)
2006 Horse United States Encephalitis Post mortem, morphological Bryant et al. (2006)
2007 Horse Japan Encephalitis, nephritis PCR Akagami et al. (2007)
2007 Horse Brazil Neurological sign Post-mortem, histopathology Vasconcelos et al. (2007)
2008 Horse Switzerland Prostitis Morphological Muller et al. (2008)
2008 Horse Canada Encephalitis, mandibular abscess Morphological Ferguson et al. (2008)
2011 Horse United Kingdom Encephalitis Post mortem, morphological Hermosilla et al. (2011)
2011 Horse Canada Encephalitis Post mortem, morphological Sponseller et al. (2011)
2012 Horse Iceland Encephalitis Post mortem, morphological Eydal et al. (2012)
2012 Horse Italy Encephalitis Post mortem, morphological Di Francesco et al. (2012)
2014 Horse South Korea Encephalitis PCR Jung et al. (2014)
2016 Horse Romania Encephalitis PCR, morphological Taulescu et al. (2016)
2016a Cattle Denmark Encephalomyelitis PCR, morphological Enemark et al. (2016)
2017 Horse Italy Encephalitis PCR, morphological Pintore et al. (2017)
a

An exception on the list- this is the first and so far, the only reported case of Halicephalobus gingivalis infection in dairy cattle.