Clinical Illness in a Wild Turkey with Laminosioptes cysticola Infestation of the Viscera and Peripheral Nerves
| Autor: | Kirk E. Smith, James M. Crum, Charlotte F. Quist |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty integumentary system General Immunology and Microbiology Nervous tissue Central nervous system Biology medicine.disease biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Animal science medicine.anatomical_structure Food Animals parasitic diseases Infestation medicine Mite Animal Science and Zoology Cyst Wild turkey Brachial plexus Meleagris gallopavo |
| Zdroj: | Avian Diseases. 41:484 |
| ISSN: | 0005-2086 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/1592211 |
| Popis: | Laminosioptes cysticola, the fowl cyst mite, was found in peripheral nerves and thoracic and abdominal viscera of an emaciated eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) exhibiting severe torticollis, circling, loss of balance, and wing droop. Mites, sometimes accompanied by granulomatous inflammation, were abundant in brachial plexus and sciatic nerves. Mild lymphoplasmacytic perivascular cuffing was present in the cerebellum, but no direct evidence of mites or other infectious agents was found in the central nervous system. This is the first report of L. cysticola infestation in a wild turkey and of the invasion of nervous tissue by this mite. |
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