Cystoisospora felis infection in a captive jaguar cub (Panthera onca) in Michoacán, México
2020
Guzmán-Lara, M.D. | Kruth, P.S. | Rangel-Díaz, J. | Juárez-Estrada, M.A. | Soriano-Vargas, E. | Barta, J.R.
Cystoisospora felis (Wenyon 1923) was identified in a 3-month-old, captive jaguar (Panthera onca) presenting with signs of gastrointestinal distress. The cub was fed beef, chicken, and commercial diet. Examination of fresh feces detected large (47.8 μm × 35 μm) unsporulated oocysts. Sporulated oocysts contained 2 sporocysts, each with 4 sporozoites. Oocyst morphometrics agreed with published features of C. felis described from domestic felines. Partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) gene was PCR-amplified and sequenced; the resulting sequence showed 100% identity to a C. felis isolate from a domestic cat. This is the first molecularly confirmed report of C. felis infecting and producing clinically evident, enteric disease in a jaguar cub.
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