Haemolytic anaemia associated withTheileriasp. in an orphaned platypus
| Autor: | Robert Woodgate, Andrew Peters, Joanne Connolly, Geoffrey Dutton, Allan Kessell, John G. Boulton, Shokoofeh Shamsi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Anemia
Hemolytic medicine.medical_specialty Tick infestation Theileria biology.animal parasitic diseases medicine Animals 18s rdna Platypus Theileria ornithorhynchi Theileria sp General Veterinary biology Clinical pathology General Medicine medicine.disease Theileriasis Tick Infestations Immunology Female Histopathology Autopsy New South Wales Databases Nucleic Acid Severe anaemia |
| Zdroj: | Australian Veterinary Journal. 92:443-449 |
| ISSN: | 0005-0423 |
| Popis: | Case report The clinical and laboratory findings in an orphaned juvenile female platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) that presented with a severe anaemia and tick infestation are reported. The animal developed a terminal septicaemia and died. Antemortem clinical pathology, postmortem histopathology and 18S rDNA sequencing supported a diagnosis of extravascular haemolytic anaemia secondary to Theileria ornithorhynchi infection. Conclusion Although T. ornithorhynchi infection is common in the platypus, this is the first case in which it has been shown to cause a haemolytic anaemia in this species and molecular characterisation of the organism has been described. A review of the previous literature concerning T. ornithorhynchi and possible treatment options for future cases are discussed. |
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