Title
Eimeria macusaniensis associated lesions in neonate alpacas dying from enterotoxemia
Date Issued
2010
Access level
restricted access
Resource Type
journal article
Abstract
Histopathological analysis of 108 intestine samples (103 grossly affected ileum and 5 jejunum) taken from Clostridium-induced neonatal alpaca (Vicugna pacos) enterotoxemia mortalities collected in the Departments of Arequipa, Puno and Cusco of southern Peru during the 2005-2008 birth seasons (January-March), revealed the presence of large numbers of both asexual and sexual stages of Eimeria macusaniensis in 33/108 (30.55%) of the samples with moderate to severe necrotized and/or hemorrhagic enteritis. It is proposed that damage to the mucosa produced by coccidial infections may facilitate overgrowth of Clostridium perfringens with toxin production leading to fatal enterotoxemia. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Start page
116
End page
120
Volume
168
Issue
44593
Number
29
Language
English
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-75949110980
PubMed ID
Source
Veterinary Parasitology
ISSN of the container
0304-4017
Sponsor(s)
This study was partially supported by San Marcos University, CONCYTEC, INCAGRO, FINCyT and the CONOPA Research Institute. Special Thanks to J. C. Wheeler for assistance writing the manuscript and to the many Veterinarians and alpaca breeders who collaborated so effectively in collecting the samples reported in this study.
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