GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATOZOON SP. MERONTS IN A SOUTHERN WATER SNAKE (NERODIA-FASCIATA-PICTIVENTRIS)

Authors
WOZNIAK EJ TELFORD SR DENARDO DF MCLAUGHLIN GL BUTLER JF
Citation
Ej. Wozniak et al., GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATOZOON SP. MERONTS IN A SOUTHERN WATER SNAKE (NERODIA-FASCIATA-PICTIVENTRIS), Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine, 29(1), 1998, pp. 68-71
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
10427260
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
68 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-7260(1998)29:1<68:GHAWHS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A wild-caught adult female southern water snake (Nerodia fasciata pict iventris) did poorly in captivity. A peripheral blood-film examination demonstrated numerous hemogregarines characterized as fusiform nondiv iding intraerythrocytic gametocytes. Xenodiagnostic typing in laborato ry-reared mosquitoes demonstrated the parasite to be of the genus Hepa tozoon. Gross and histopathologic examination of the liver demonstrate d numerous granulomas centered on groups of one to six Hepatozoon sp. meronts, an unusual finding in naturally infected wild-caught snakes.