Takatsuki Bird Clinic, Kitazonomachi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-0802, Japan.
Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-0023, Japan.
J Vet Med Sci. 2021 Nov 16;83(11):1760-1763. doi: 10.1292/jvms.21-0404. Epub 2021 Sep 24.
A racing pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica), a straggler from Taiwan, was sheltered in Nara Prefecture, Japan in 2020. This pigeon showed hemolysis and elevated levels of hepatobiliary and muscle enzymes. Gametocytes of Haemoproteus columbae (Apicomplexa: Haemosporida) were observed within the host erythrocytes in thin blood smears. A partial sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene amplified from blood DNA was identical to the lineage HAECOL1 previously reported from pigeons worldwide. This is the first record of H. columbae infection in a sheltered bird in Japan.
一只从台湾掉队的赛鸽于 2020 年在日本奈良县被收容。这只鸽子表现出溶血和肝、胆和肌肉酶水平升高。在薄血涂片的宿主红细胞内观察到鸽血变原虫(孢子虫门:血孢子虫目)的配子体。从血液 DNA 扩增的线粒体细胞色素 b 基因的部分序列与之前从世界各地鸽子中报道的 HAECOL1 谱系完全相同。这是日本收容鸟类中鸽血变原虫感染的首例记录。