Prevalence of Hematozoans in Lions (Panthera leo) and Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Gary A. Averbeck; Kathe E. Bjork; Craig Packer; Larry Herbst

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-26.3.392

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1 July 1990 Prevalence of Hematozoans in Lions (Panthera leo) and Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Gary A. Averbeck, Kathe E. Bjork, Craig Packer, Larry Herbst

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 26(3):392-394 (1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.3.392

Abstract

Lions (Panthera leo) and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) from the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, Tanzania were examined for the presence of blood protozoans. Twenty-eight percent of the lions were infected with Trypanosoma sp. and the prevalence of trypanosome infection varied significantly between adjacent habitats. All of the animals were infected with Hepatozoon sp. and a Theileria sp.-like piroplasm that was morphologically indistinguishable from Theileria felis.

Averbeck, Bjork, Packer, and Herbst: Prevalence of Hematozoans in Lions (Panthera leo) and Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

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Gary A. Averbeck, Kathe E. Bjork, Craig Packer, and Larry Herbst "Prevalence of Hematozoans in Lions (Panthera leo) and Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 26(3), 392-394, (1 July 1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.3.392

Received: 15 May 1989; Published: 1 July 1990

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