An Unusual Coccidian Parasite Causing Pneumonia in a Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

David G. Baker; C. A. Speer; Ayako Yamaguchi; Stephen M. Griffey; J. P. Dubey

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-32.1.130

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1 January 1996 An Unusual Coccidian Parasite Causing Pneumonia in a Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

David G. Baker, C. A. Speer, Ayako Yamaguchi, Stephen M. Griffey, J. P. Dubey

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 32(1):130-132 (1996). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-32.1.130

Abstract

In June 1993 an unusual coccidian parasite was identified in lung tissue from a northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) collected near Tucson, Arizona (USA), which died in respiratory distress. Histologically, there was evidence of severe, generalized interstitial pneumonia, associated with the parasite. Both asexual and sexual stages were seen. Schizonts, gamonts, and sporulated oocysts were seen in lung tissue. The parasite most closely resembled coccidia of the genus Lankesterella. This is the first report of such a coccidian parasite in the alveolar tissue of a cardinal.

Baker, Speer, Yamaguchi, Griffey, and Dubey: An Unusual Coccidian Parasite Causing Pneumonia in a Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

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David G. Baker, C. A. Speer, Ayako Yamaguchi, Stephen M. Griffey, and J. P. Dubey "An Unusual Coccidian Parasite Causing Pneumonia in a Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32(1), 130-132, (1 January 1996). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-32.1.130

Received: 31 March 1995; Published: 1 January 1996

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