| Autor: |
Wong TS; San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, San Diego, CA.; University of California, Davis, Davis, CA., Stalis IH; San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, San Diego, CA., Witte C; San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, San Diego, CA., Kubiski SV; San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, San Diego, CA. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Veterinary pathology [Vet Pathol] 2022 Sep; Vol. 59 (5), pp. 869-872. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 25. |
| DOI: |
10.1177/03009858221098425 |
| Abstrakt: |
Twenty-one white-rumped shamas (19 necropsied, 2 biopsied) ( Copsychus malabaricus ) housed at the San Diego Zoo between 1992 and 2020 were diagnosed with Isospora infection based on evaluation of histologic sections. Review of these cases revealed a consistent histologic lesion characterized by nodular aggregates of atypical epithelioid macrophages containing few intracytoplasmic protozoa, with or without lymphocytic infiltrates. Of the 19 necropsied cases, 16 (84%) had systemic lesions variably affecting the liver, spleen, gastrointestinal tract, lung, pancreas, connective tissues, or bone marrow, while all 21 diagnosed cases had skin involvement. The findings suggest that white-rumped shamas have a unique inflammatory response to isosporosis with a predilection for the skin. Skin may be a diagnostically sensitive sampling site for histologic diagnosis of Isospora in this species. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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