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Acute fatal toxoplasmosis in a Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major).
Journal of wildlife diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Jokelainen Pikka, Vikøren Turid
Abstract excerpt
A juvenile male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), found dead at a bird feeding station in central Norway in September 2011, was examined postmortem. Its lungs were consolidated and edematous, and its spleen was enlarged. The main histopathologic diagnoses included acute protozoal necrotizing interstitial pneumonia, splenitis, and hepatitis. Toxoplasma gondii parasites were identified with...
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