Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Toxoplasmosis in a bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis) from the Zoo of Clères, France.
- Journal:
- Parasite (Paris, France)
- Year:
- 2014
- Authors:
- Rigoulet, Jacques et al.
- Affiliation:
- Musé · France
- Species:
- bird
Abstract
Toxoplasmosis causes mortality in several avian species, especially passerine birds. Toxoplasmosis was diagnosed in a bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis) found dead at the zoo of Clères (France). The bird had necrotizing pneumonia and nephritis with intralesional tachyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii. The diagnosis was confirmed by immunostaining with polyclonal rabbit T. gondii antibodies and by transmission electron microscopy. To our knowledge, the bar-shouldered dove is a new host record for T. gondii.
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