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1 October 1984 RENAL COCCIDIOSIS IN INTERIOR CANADA GEESE, BRANTA CANADENSIS INTERIOR TODD, OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY POPULATION
Benjamin N. Tuggle, John L. Crites
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Abstract

Kidneys from 309 Interior Canada geese from three locations in the Mississippi Flyway were examined for renal coccidia. Oocysts and/or young zygotes of Eimeria sp. were found in 6.8% of goose kidneys sampled. Only one type of renal coccidian oocyst was observed. Significantly more immature geese were infected than adults; however, there was no significant difference observed between the prevalences of infection in male and female birds. A host cellular response to zygotes and oocysts was noted in the majority of infected adult geese. Heavily infected kidneys were hypertrophic with minute foci on the surface of the organ. Histological examinations showed large numbers of unsporulated oocysts accumulated in distended collecting tubules, resulting in pressure necrosis to adjacent tissue and urate retention. Zygotes were observed in the cytoplasm of tubule cells and extracellularly in interstitial tissue. Infected tubule cells were characterized by the peripheral location of the nuclei, cytoplasmic basophilia, and cellular hypertrophy. This is the first report of an Eimeria sp. in the kidneys of Canada geese of the Mississippi Valley population.

Tuggle and Crites: RENAL COCCIDIOSIS IN INTERIOR CANADA GEESE, BRANTA CANADENSIS INTERIOR TODD, OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY POPULATION1
Benjamin N. Tuggle and John L. Crites "RENAL COCCIDIOSIS IN INTERIOR CANADA GEESE, BRANTA CANADENSIS INTERIOR TODD, OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY POPULATION," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 20(4), 272-278, (1 October 1984). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-20.4.272
Received: 28 October 1982; Published: 1 October 1984
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