Fatal combined infection with Haemoproteus noctuae and Leucocytozoon ziemanni in juvenile snowy owls (Nyctea scandiaca)
Fatal combined infection with Haemoproteus noctuae and Leucocytozoon ziemanni in juvenile snowy owls (Nyctea scandiaca)
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DOI：
10.1136/vr.143.3.72
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发表时间：
1998-07-18
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Otter, A
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作者：
Evans, M;Otter, A
两只幼年雪鸮（Nyctea scandiaca）在短暂的嗜睡和厌食后死亡，第一只雪鸮的尸检结果不确定，而第二只雪鸮的临床和实验室检查显示夜斑嗜血杆菌感染了高水平的红细胞寄生虫。经过一段时间的强化护理和化疗，临床情况有所好转，红细胞寄生减少，但病情复发，死亡。尸检发现夜蛾感染，并有大量红细胞寄生于齐曼白细胞虫。虽然通常认为夜蛾和齐曼尼都不是致病性的，但它们在幼猫头鹰体内的结合显然导致了它的死亡。
Two juvenile snowy owls (Nyctea scandiaca) died after short episodes of lethargy and anorexia, Postmortem examination of the first was inconclusive but clinical and laboratory examinations on the second owlet revealed a high level of erythrocyte parasitaemia by Haemoproteus noctuae. After a period of intensive nursing and chemotherapy during which it improved clinically and the red cell parasitism decreased, the bird's condition relapsed and it died. Postmortem examination revealed H noctuae infection in addition to heavy red blood cell parasitism by Leucocytozoon ziemanni. Although neither H noctuae nor L ziemanni are generally considered to be pathogenic, their combined presence in the young owl apparently resulted in its death.