A fatal infection in a Bengal tiger resembling cytauxzoonosis in domestic cats.
A young Bengal tiger born and kept in a German zoo had died of an unknown protozoal infection in 1984. Retrospective histological and electron microscopical examination of the organs showed the changes to be identical with those of cytauxzoonosis in domestic cats. This is the first report of fatal cytauxzoonosis in a tiger.
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Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany.
Wesemeier
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D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D002335:Carnivora; D005260:Female; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013154:Spleen / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D016794:Theileria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013801:Theileriasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology