| Abstract: | Disseminated visceral coccidiosis (DVC) caused by Eimeria spp was first recognized as a disease entity in captive sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) and whooping cranes (G americana) at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Because cranes produced at the Center are reintroduced to the wild to augment wild populations, studies involving both experimentally induced and natural infections were initiated to determine the potential or actual occurrence of DVC in wild Gruidae. Nine sandhill cranes dosed orally with eimerian oocysts of wild origin developed lesions characteristic of DVC. Extraintestinal granulomas associated with developing schizonts were found in 6 birds. Similar lesions were observed in wild sandhill cranes throughout parts of midwestern United States, Alaska, and Saskatchewan. These studies revealed the wide geographic distribution and the high frequency of occurrence of DVC in wild cranes. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 5221976 |
| Citation Author: | Carpenter, J.W.; Novilla, M.N.; Fayer, R.; Iverson, G.C. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 1346 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 1343-1346 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Disseminated visceral coccidiosis in sandhill cranes; 1984; Article; Journal; Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association; Carpenter, J.W.; Novilla, M.N.; Fayer, R.; Iverson, G.C. |
| Citation Start Page: | 1343 |
| Citation Volume: | 185 |
| Citation Year: | 1984 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Disseminated visceral coccidiosis in sandhill cranes; 1984; Article; Journal; Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association; Carpenter, J.W.; Novilla, M.N.; Fayer, R.; Iverson, G.C. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:19 -0500 |
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