Disseminated visceral coccidiosis in whooping cranes
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
By: J. W. Carpenter, T.R. Spraker, and M.N. Novilla
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Abstract
Three 13- to 18-day-old whooping cranes (Grus americana) and a 9-year-old whooping crane died in outdoor pens at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. The deaths were associated with an overwhelming systemic infection by an intracellular protozoan parasite, which resulted in enteritis, granulomatous bronchopneumonia, hepatitis, splenitis, and myocarditis. The clinical, histopathologic, and electron microscopic findings were similar to those in sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) at the Patuxent Center found to be infected with Eimeria reichenowi and E gruis. Since these eimerian species also parasitize wild whooping cranes, this parasite might be an important pathogenic agent for this species.
Suggested Citation
Carpenter, J.W., Spraker, T., Novilla, M., 1980, Disseminated visceral coccidiosis in whooping cranes: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, v. 177, no. 9, p. 845-848.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Disseminated visceral coccidiosis in whooping cranes |
| Series title | Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association |
| Volume | 177 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 845-848 |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association |
| First page | 845 |
| Last page | 848 |