Nara Deer Preservation Foundation, 160-1 Kasuganocho, Nara City, Nara, Japan.
Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino City, Tokyo, Japan.
Parasitol Int. 2021 Aug;83:102349. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102349. Epub 2021 Apr 16.
An adult female sika deer (Cervus nippon aplodontus) inhabiting Nara Park, Nara, Japan, had broken bone injuries from a car accident. During its treatment, we found that the sika deer had severe anemia and the fracture remained unhealed throughout. Peripheral blood smear revealed piroplasms in the erythrocytes, which were identified as merozoites of undescribed Theileria species, widely found in sika deer in Japan. This is the report of a clinical case of Theileria infection, accompanied by severe anemia in a sika deer.
日本奈良公园内一只成年雌性梅花鹿(Cervus nippon aplodontus)因车祸导致骨折。在治疗过程中,我们发现这只梅花鹿患有严重的贫血症,且骨折一直未愈合。外周血涂片显示红细胞中有焦虫,鉴定为在日本梅花鹿中广泛存在的未描述的泰勒虫属的裂殖体。这是一例伴有严重贫血的梅花鹿泰勒虫感染的临床病例报告。