COCCIDIOSIS OF SANDHILL CRANES (GRUS CANADENSIS) WINTERING IN NEW MEXICO
COCCIDIOSIS OF SANDHILL CRANES (GRUS CANADENSIS) WINTERING IN NEW MEXICO
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新墨西哥州越冬的加拿大鹤球虫病
DOI:
10.7589/0090-3558-22.1.25
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发表时间:
1986
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通讯作者:
D. Duszynski
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作者:
B. Parker;D. Duszynski
The feces of 212 sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) collected in central New Mexico from October 1982 to January 1983 and from October 1983 to January 1984 were examined to determine the prevalence of coccidial oocysts. One hundred forty-five granulomatous nodules from the viscera of 64 cranes and samples of lung, small intestine, and large intestine from 58 birds were examined by light and transmission electron microscopy for the presence of intestinal or extraintestinal coccidiosis. Of the 212 fecal samples, 160 (75%) were positive for oocysts of Eimeria, including E. gruis in 139 (66%) and E. reichenowi in 118 (56%) of the samples. Eimeria bosquei sp. n. was found in two (∼1%) of the fecal samples. Subspheroid to ovoid oocysts of this new species are 19–27 × 14–19 (23.6 × 17.1) μm with ovoid sporocysts 10–14 × 7–11 (12.3 × 9.3) μm. A rough, heavily pitted outer oocyst wall, sporocyst residuum, Stieda and substieda bodies, and multiple polar bodies are present. The polar bodies, of varying sizes, always aggregate at the apex of the sporulated oocyst. An Adelina sp. was found in one (0.5%) crane. Coccidian developmental stages were found in the epithelium and lamina propria of the small and large intestine. Disseminated granulomatous nodules were found in the oral mucosa, esophagus, heart, descending aorta, liver, small intestine, mesenteries, and parietal peritoneum. Unique cell types resembling coccidian asexual and sexual stages were observed by light and electron microscopy in some of the nodules.