Joshi Vivek, Dimri Umesh, Alam Shahjahan, Gopalakrishnan A
Clinical Medicine Laboratory, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP India.
J Parasit Dis. 2017 Jun;41(2):514-516. doi: 10.1007/s12639-016-0840-z. Epub 2016 Oct 1.
A clinical infection in a two months rock pigeon was diagnosed on the basis of outward signs and blood smear examination. The clinical signs suggestive of pigeon malaria were anorexia, depression, inability to fly, circling movements and episodes of torticollis. The characteristic halter shaped gametocytes were seen, in thin blood smear, encircling the nucleus of erythrocytes. Buparvaquone therapy, two intramuscular injections at the rate of 5 mg/kg at 72 h interval, was successful. Supplementation of multivitamin helped in speedy recovery and clinical signs along with uncommon torticollis, completely disappeared in one week.
根据外观症状和血液涂片检查，确诊一只两个月大的原鸽患有临床感染。提示鸽疟疾的临床症状包括厌食、抑郁、无法飞行、转圈运动和斜颈发作。在薄血涂片中可见特征性的缰绳状配子体，环绕着红细胞的细胞核。以5毫克/千克的剂量进行两次肌肉注射，间隔72小时，使用布帕喹治疗取得了成功。补充多种维生素有助于快速康复，一周内临床症状连同罕见的斜颈完全消失。
