Rangelia vitalii in a free-ranging maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) and co-infections.

ABSTRACT: An adult free-ranged female maned wolf was rescued from a periurban area subject to anthropogenic disturbances in the Minas Gerais, Brazil. The animal presented poor body condition and anemia. The clinical condition rapidly deteriorated culminating in dead and a necropsy was performed. The main gross lesions were marked anemia and blood content in the intestines accompanied by many types of parasites. The protozoa Rangelia vitalii was identified by histopathological analysis predominantly within the cytoplasm of endothelial cells of capillaries of the small intestine. The lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow, dermis, lungs and kidney had similar protozoal forms but with mild or moderate intensity. Rangelia vitalii was confirmed by molecular assays. Hepatozoon sp., Leish

SUBMITTER: Silveira JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5065047 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature