Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Frankfurter Strasse 114, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
J Wildl Dis. 2021 Jul 1;57(3):712-714. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00184.
A juvenile Little Owl (Athene noctua) was diagnosed with granulomatous encephalitis and muscular sarcocysts. Sarcocystis halieti was identified in the brain and muscle tissue by PCR and subsequent sequencing. This is the first report of S. halieti as a potential encephalitis-causing pathogen in birds.
一只幼年的纵纹腹小鸮（Athene noctua）被诊断患有肉芽肿性脑炎和肌肉肉孢子虫病。通过 PCR 和随后的测序，在脑组织和肌肉组织中鉴定出了 Sarcocystis halieti。这是 S. halieti 首次被报道为一种可能导致鸟类脑炎的病原体。
