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1 December 2004 TOXOPLASMOSIS IN NILGAIS (BOSELAPHUS TRAGOCAMELUS) AND A SAIGA ANTELOPE (SAIGA TATARICA)
Kamil Sedlák, Eva Bártová, Ivan Literák, Roman Vodička, J. P. Dubey
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Abstract

Three captive female nilgais (Boselaphus tragocamelus) either showed late-term abortion or their newborn calves died within 2 days of birth. Toxoplasma gondii DNA was demonstrated in the brain and liver of each fetus and in one of the two neonates by single-stage polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with TGR1E and by seminested PCR with B1 gene. Retrospectively, antibodies titers ≥640 to T. gondii by indirect fluorescence were found in the sera of all three female and one male nilgais. No other cause of abortion was detected. Fatal toxoplasmosis was also diagnosed in one captive, adult female saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica), which died suddenly. Toxoplasma gondii was detected in the liver, lung, spleen, kidney, and intestine. An unusual finding was the presence of numerous tissue cysts in the liver of this animal. Toxoplasmosis was confirmed by PCR with TGR1E and immunohistochemically. Toxoplasmic hepatitis and pneumonia were considered to be the primary causes of death.

Kamil Sedlák, Eva Bártová, Ivan Literák, Roman Vodička, and J. P. Dubey "TOXOPLASMOSIS IN NILGAIS (BOSELAPHUS TRAGOCAMELUS) AND A SAIGA ANTELOPE (SAIGA TATARICA)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35(4), 530-533, (1 December 2004). https://doi.org/10.1638/02-005.1
Received: 18 January 2002; Published: 1 December 2004
KEYWORDS
Abortion
Boselaphus tragocamelus
bovids
PCR
Saiga tatarica
Toxoplasma gondii
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