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**Necrotising encephalomyelitis affecting the grey and white matter of the CNS
**Caused by ''[[Sarcocystis]] neurona''
**Opossum thought to be the definitive host
**Horses thought to be accidental hosts
**Natural intermediate hosts currently unknown
**Western Blotting shows 50% of horses in the USA are seropositive
**Risk factors poorly understood
**Causes spinal cord dysfunction
***Ataxia and paralysis
[[Category:Tissue_Cyst_Forming_Coccidia]][[Category:Horse]]