Cystoisospora felis infection in a captive jaguar cub (Panthera onca) in Michoacán, México.
Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports
; 19: 100371, 2020 01.
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ABSTRACT
Cystoisospora felis (Wenyon 1923) was identified in a 3-month-old, captive jaguar (Panthera onca) presenting with signs of gastrointestinal distress. The cub was fed beef, chicken, and commercial diet. Examination of fresh feces detected large (47.8⯵mâ¯×â¯35⯵m) unsporulated oocysts. Sporulated oocysts contained 2 sporocysts, each with 4 sporozoites. Oocyst morphometrics agreed with published features of C. felis described from domestic felines. Partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) gene was PCR-amplified and sequenced; the resulting sequence showed 100% identity to a C. felis isolate from a domestic cat. This is the first molecularly confirmed report of C. felis infecting and producing clinically evident, enteric disease in a jaguar cub.
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Coccidiose
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Sarcocystidae
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Panthera
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
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Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
México