PetCaseFinder

Peer-reviewed veterinary case report

Natural Infection of the Wild Canid Lycalopex gymnocercus by the Protozoan Rangelia vitalii, the Agent of Canine Rangeliosis.

Journal:
Journal of wildlife diseases
Year:
2015
Authors:
de Quadros, Rosiléia Marinho et al.
Affiliation:
1&#x2009 · Brazil
Species:
dog

Abstract

Rangelia vitalii is a piroplasmid that causes canine rangeliosis, a severe hemorrhagic disease of domestic dogs in South America. We report about R. vitalii infecting a pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus). The fox, which developed a fatal illness, was also infected by Hepatozoon canis and Capillaria hepatica.

Find similar cases for your pet

PetCaseFinder finds other peer-reviewed reports of pets with the same symptoms, plus a plain-English summary of what was tried across them.

Search related cases →

Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25932667/