Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Bilateral lenticular Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in a snow leopard (Panthera uncia).
- Journal:
- Veterinary ophthalmology
- Year:
- 2015
- Authors:
- Scurrell, Emma Jane et al.
- Affiliation:
- CytoPath Ltd · United Kingdom
Abstract
Bilateral phacoclastic uveitis caused by lenticular infection with Encephalitozoon cuniculi is described in a snow leopard. The diagnosis was made on histopathological and immunohistological examination of both eyes submitted after postmortem examination. There was a positive antibody titer for E. cuniculi (1:320). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequence analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded ocular tissue detected the DNA of E. cuniculi, strain III. No other systemic lesions attributable to the E. cuniculi infection were identified.
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