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Encephalitis Associated with Sarcocystis halieti Infection in a Free-Ranging Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Kristina Maier-Sam1, Taina Kaiponen2, Anna Schmitz3
1Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Frankfurter Strasse 114, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|May 13, 2021
Abstract:
A juvenile Little Owl (Athene noctua) was diagnosed with granulomatous encephalitis and muscular sarcocysts. Sarcocystis halieti was identified in the brain and muscle tissue by PCR and subsequent sequencing. This is the first report of S. halieti as a potential encephalitis-causing pathogen in birds.
