A new avian Cryptosporidium genotype in a 1-month-old caged brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) with severe dehydration and diarrhea.

doi:10.1007/s00436-018-5951-2

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A new avian Cryptosporidium genotype in a 1-month-old caged brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) with severe dehydration and diarrhea.

Parasitology research - 1 Sept 2018

Makino Ikuko, Inumaru Mizue, Abe Niichiro, Sato Yukita

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A 1-month-old brown wood owlet (Strix leptogrammica) purchased from a wholesaler and housed as a companion bird by an individual owner in Japan showed severe dehydration and anorexia following a week of vomiting and severe diarrhea. A great number of approximately 5 × 4-μm-sized Cryptosporidium oocysts were found in the feces by microscopy. The owlet was administered subcutaneous fluid and intragastric tube...

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PMID: 29876860
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-018-5951-2

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