Encephalitis Associated with Sarcocystis halieti Infection in a Free-Ranging Little Owl (Athene noctua)
| Autor: | A. Hlinak, Taina Susanna Kaiponen, Christoph Schulze, Sabine Bock, Philipp Olias, Anna Schmitz, Kristina Maier-Sam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Muscle tissue
Athene noctua Sarcocystosis Ecology biology Free ranging Zoology Sarcocystis biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Strigiformes Polymerase Chain Reaction medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Animals Encephalitis Little owl Pathogen Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of wildlife diseases. 57(3) |
| ISSN: | 1943-3700 |
| Popis: | A juvenile Little Owl (Athene noctua) was diagnosed with granulomatous encephalitis and muscular sarcocysts. Sarcocystis halieti was identified in the brain and muscle tissue by PCR and subsequent sequencing. This is the first report of S. halieti as a potential encephalitis-causing pathogen in birds. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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