Mikaelian I, Dubey J P, Martineau D
Centre Canadien Coopératif de Santé de la Faune, Département de Microbiologie-Pathologie, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Canada.
Avian Dis. 1997 Jul-Sep;41(3):738-40.
A female adult barred owl (Strix varia) had been hurt by a car. Its general status declined gradually within 2 wk with anorexia and inactivity. Necropsy examination revealed marked multifocal pale areas in liver, emaciation, and mild airsacculitis and pericarditis. Histopathologic examination revealed severe acute multifocal hepatic necrosis with numerous protozoal tachyzoites within necrotic foci and in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes and macrophages. These tachyzoites stained with an indirect immunohistochemistry method for Toxoplasma gondii antigens. This is the first reported case of hepatitis resulting from toxoplasmosis in a raptor.
一只成年雌性横斑林鸮（Strix varia）被汽车撞伤。在两周内，它的一般状况逐渐恶化，出现厌食和活动减少的症状。尸检发现肝脏有明显的多灶性苍白区域、消瘦，以及轻度气囊炎和心包炎。组织病理学检查显示严重的急性多灶性肝坏死，坏死灶内以及肝细胞和巨噬细胞的细胞质中有大量原虫速殖子。这些速殖子通过间接免疫组织化学方法检测弓形虫抗原呈阳性。这是首次报道的猛禽因弓形虫病导致肝炎的病例。
