Molecular confirmation of sarcocystis gigantean in a naturally infected sheep in Argentina: a case report.

The work describes a case of Sarcocystis gigantea infection in a 3-years-old Corriedale ewe from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The ewe was found dead with a poor body condition. Pathological and molecular studies were carried out in order to try and confirm the causative agent of the infection....

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Autores principales: Gual, Ignacio, Bartley, Paul, Katzer, Frank, Innes, Elisabeth, Canton, German Jose, Moore, Prando Dadin
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Acceso en línea:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401717304648?via%3Dihub#!
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/5601
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.10.017
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author Gual, Ignacio
Bartley, Paul
Katzer, Frank
Innes, Elisabeth
Canton, German Jose
Moore, Prando Dadin
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Canton, German Jose
Gual, Ignacio
Innes, Elisabeth
Katzer, Frank
Moore, Prando Dadin
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Bartley, Paul
Katzer, Frank
Innes, Elisabeth
Canton, German Jose
Moore, Prando Dadin
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description The work describes a case of Sarcocystis gigantea infection in a 3-years-old Corriedale ewe from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The ewe was found dead with a poor body condition. Pathological and molecular studies were carried out in order to try and confirm the causative agent of the infection. At necropsy, approx. 100 whitish elliptic (3–5 mm to 5–8 mm) macrocysts with a hard consistency were observed along the esophageal and pharyngeal muscular layers. Microscopically, the macrocysts consisted of an eosinophilic wall, internal septa originated from the eosinophilic wall and basophilic parasitic cells were located among the septa. The sarcocysts were identified molecularly through PCR amplification and sequencing of a short segment of the 18S rRNA gene. Sequence analysis of the amplified DNA demonstrated 100% identity to S. gigantea sequences previously published. To our knowledge this is the first molecular confirmation of S. gigantea infection in sheep in the Americas.
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spelling INTA56012019-08-08T14:33:05Z Molecular confirmation of sarcocystis gigantean in a naturally infected sheep in Argentina: a case report. Gual, Ignacio Bartley, Paul Katzer, Frank Innes, Elisabeth Canton, German Jose Moore, Prando Dadin Sarcocystis Oveja PCR Argentina Ewes The work describes a case of Sarcocystis gigantea infection in a 3-years-old Corriedale ewe from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The ewe was found dead with a poor body condition. Pathological and molecular studies were carried out in order to try and confirm the causative agent of the infection. At necropsy, approx. 100 whitish elliptic (3–5 mm to 5–8 mm) macrocysts with a hard consistency were observed along the esophageal and pharyngeal muscular layers. Microscopically, the macrocysts consisted of an eosinophilic wall, internal septa originated from the eosinophilic wall and basophilic parasitic cells were located among the septa. The sarcocysts were identified molecularly through PCR amplification and sequencing of a short segment of the 18S rRNA gene. Sequence analysis of the amplified DNA demonstrated 100% identity to S. gigantea sequences previously published. To our knowledge this is the first molecular confirmation of S. gigantea infection in sheep in the Americas. EEA Balcarce Fil: Gual, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Bartley, Paul. Moredum Research Institute Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loren, Penicuik, Edinburgh; Reino Unido Fil: Katzer, Frank. Moredum Research Institute Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loren, Penicuik, Edinburgh; Reino Unido Fil: Innes, Elisabeth. Moredum Research Institute Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loren, Penicuik, Edinburgh; Reino Unido Fil: Cantón, Germán. INTA, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Moore, Dadín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2019-08-08T14:23:42Z 2019-08-08T14:23:42Z 2017-12-15 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401717304648?via%3Dihub#! http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/5601 0304-4017 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.10.017 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Veterinary parasitology 248 : 25-27. (15 December 2017)
spellingShingle Sarcocystis
Oveja
PCR
Argentina
Ewes
Gual, Ignacio
Bartley, Paul
Katzer, Frank
Innes, Elisabeth
Canton, German Jose
Moore, Prando Dadin
Molecular confirmation of sarcocystis gigantean in a naturally infected sheep in Argentina: a case report.
title Molecular confirmation of sarcocystis gigantean in a naturally infected sheep in Argentina: a case report.
title_full Molecular confirmation of sarcocystis gigantean in a naturally infected sheep in Argentina: a case report.
title_fullStr Molecular confirmation of sarcocystis gigantean in a naturally infected sheep in Argentina: a case report.
title_full_unstemmed Molecular confirmation of sarcocystis gigantean in a naturally infected sheep in Argentina: a case report.
title_short Molecular confirmation of sarcocystis gigantean in a naturally infected sheep in Argentina: a case report.
title_sort molecular confirmation of sarcocystis gigantean in a naturally infected sheep in argentina a case report
topic Sarcocystis
Oveja
PCR
Argentina
Ewes
url https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401717304648?via%3Dihub#!
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.10.017
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