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Published on: December 14, 2013
Encephalitozoon hellem Infection in a Captive Juvenile Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
T F Scheelings1, R F Slocombe2, S Crameri3
1Australian Wildlife Health Centre, Healesville Sanctuary, Healesville, Victoria, Australia.
Abstract:
Microsporidiosis is reported rarely in reptiles and has never been reported in any species of crocodilian. Microsporidiosis was diagnosed histologically in a juvenile captive freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni) that was found suddenly dead in its enclosure. Ultrastructural and molecular testing revealed infection to be due to Encephalitozoon hellem. This is the first report of E. hellem infection in any species of reptile.
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