Figure 3.

Verminous meningoencephalomyelitis in a red kangaroo. A. Transverse section of a nematode extracted from the brain or spinal cord; ~125 µm diameter, 5–8 µm wide, eosinophilic, hyalinized, anisotropic, and smooth cuticle lined by coelomyarian–polymyarian musculature. The pseudocoelom contains an intestinal tract lined by a few multinucleate giant cells with brush border. Arrowhead indicates the short, clumped brush border of the intestinal tract. Prominent lateral cords are also present (yellow asterisks). Black asterisks indicate reproductive organs. Bar = 25 µm B. Posterior extremity of the male with long, paired, equal spicules. Black arrow represents incomplete cuticle deposition in the spicule. Bar = 200 µm. C. Copulatory bursa of the male. Arrowheads indicate externodorsal rays. Asterisk indicates indentation of the outline of the bursa where dorsal ray occurs (dorsal ray is not fully visible). Bar = 20 µm.