Entamoeba ranarum Infection in a Ball Python (Python regius). (August 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Entamoeba ranarum Infection in a Ball Python (Python regius). (August 2020)
- Main Title:
- Entamoeba ranarum Infection in a Ball Python (Python regius)
- Authors:
- Michaely, L.M.
von Dörnberg, K.
Molnár, V.
Tappe, D.
Tannich, E.
Hewicker-Trautwein, M.
Wohlsein, P. - Abstract:
- Summary: The pathogenic Entamoeba species in snakes is widely regarded to be Entamoeba invadens, which can cause severe amoebiasis with up to 100% mortality. In this case report, we describe a ball python ( Python regius ) that died after short-term weight loss. Necropsy revealed severe necrotizing colitis with large numbers of intralesional Entamoeba trophozoites. Molecular genetic analysis identified these trophozoites as Entamoeba ranarum, a parasite more usually found in amphibians. Furthermore, the extended history revealed that toads ( Rhinella marina ) had been housed together with the python. This report illustrates the danger of protozoal cross-infections in exotic animals as well as the importance of molecular genetic tools in Entamoeba diagnosis.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of comparative pathology. Volume 179(2020)
- Journal:
- Journal of comparative pathology
- Issue:
- Volume 179(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 179, Issue 2020 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 179
- Issue:
- 2020
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0179-2020-0000
- Page Start:
- 74
- Page End:
- 78
- Publication Date:
- 2020-08
- Subjects:
- amoebiasis -- colitis -- Entamoeba ranarum -- snake
Veterinary pathology -- Periodicals
Veterinary therapeutics -- Periodicals
Pathology, Comparative -- Periodicals
Therapeutics -- Periodicals
Pathology, Veterinary -- Periodicals
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http://www.idealibrary.com/cgi-bin/links/toc/jcpa ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jcpa.2020.07.008 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0021-9975
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