Sist Birgit, Basso Walter, Hemphill Andrew, Cassidy Tamar, Cassidy Rod, Gudehus Maja
Sangha Pangolin Project, Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area, Central African Republic.
Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Parasitol Int. 2021 Feb;80:102182. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102182. Epub 2020 Sep 1.
A case of Acanthocephala infection in a 5-year-old female rehabilitated and released black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla), which was part of a post-release monitoring program of a pangolin research operation in the Central African Republic, is described. This represents the first report of Acanthocephala infection in this species, which lead to intestinal perforation, secondary peritonitis and ultimately to the death of the animal concerned. It is of relevance to alert the pangolin conservation and research community to a so far unreported cause of death. A case history and necropsy findings, as well as preliminary parasite identification and genetic characterization which potentially revealed a new gigantorhynchid taxon are presented.
描述了一例在一只5岁雌性经康复后放归的黑腹穿山甲（长尾穿山甲）身上发生的棘头虫感染病例，该穿山甲是中非共和国一项穿山甲研究行动放归后监测计划的一部分。这是该物种棘头虫感染的首次报告，该感染导致肠道穿孔、继发性腹膜炎，并最终导致相关动物死亡。提醒穿山甲保护和研究界注意这一迄今为止未报告的死亡原因具有重要意义。本文介绍了病例史和尸检结果，以及初步的寄生虫鉴定和基因特征分析，这些分析可能揭示了一个新的大吻棘头虫分类单元。
