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SUBMITTER: Kakogawa M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6943325 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kakogawa Masayoshi M Ono Ayana A Inumaru Mizue M Sato Yukita Y Asakawa Mitsuhiko M
The Journal of veterinary medical science 20191104 12
One captive musophagid bird at a zoological garden in Japan showed clinical symptoms and was found to be infected with avian haemosporidia. We subsequently collected blood from all musophagid birds kept in the garden and examined for avian haemosporidia using both microscopic and molecular examination. Only Haemoproteus gametocytes were observed in the blood of two Guinea turaco (Tauraco persa). Three genetic lineages of Haemoproteus were identified from three Guinea turacos and one genetic line ...[more]