在两条圈养的布氏水蛇（布氏后棱蛇）和一条圈养的坎氏乳蛇（三角奶蛇坎贝尔亚种）中检测到噬蛇真菌。

DETECTION OF OPHIDIOMYCES OPHIODIICOLA IN TWO CAPTIVE BOCOURT WATER SNAKES ( SUBSESSOR BOCOURTI) AND ONE CAPTIVE PUEBLAN MILK SNAKE ( LAMPROPELTIS TRIANGULUM CAMPBELLI).

作者信息

Picquet Pierre, Heckers Kim O, Kolesnik Ekaterina, Heusinger Anton, Marschang Rachel E

出版信息

J Zoo Wildl Med. 2018 Mar;49(1):219-222. doi: 10.1638/2017-0112R.1.

DOI:10.1638/2017-0112R.1

Abstract

Two captive Bocourt water snakes ( Subsessor bocourti) presented with chronic white skin lesions on their heads; Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola was identified by culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in skin scrapings from both snakes. Histopathology performed in one Bocourt water snake revealed fungal hyphae in epidermal structures of lesions. One Pueblan milk snake ( Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli) from the same zoologic institution presented with yellow crusts and white blisters on its body, from which O. ophiodiicola was identified by culture and PCR. Two of the three snakes apparently recovered from lesions after multiple natural sheds, whereas the third snake died. This is the first report of O. ophiodiicola infection in Bocourt water snakes and in a Pueblan milk snake, as well as the first report of O. ophiodiicola in France.

摘要

两条圈养的博科特水蛇（Subsessor bocourti）头部出现慢性白色皮肤病变；通过培养和聚合酶链反应（PCR）在两条蛇的皮肤刮片中鉴定出了蛇生隐球菌（Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola）。对一条博科特水蛇进行的组织病理学检查显示，病变的表皮结构中有真菌菌丝。来自同一动物园机构的一条普埃布拉奶蛇（Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli）身上出现黄色结痂和白色水疱，通过培养和PCR从中鉴定出了蛇生隐球菌。三条蛇中的两条在多次自然蜕皮后病变明显恢复，而第三条蛇死亡。这是关于蛇生隐球菌感染博科特水蛇和普埃布拉奶蛇的首次报告，也是法国关于蛇生隐球菌的首次报告。