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1 January 1990 INVASIVE ENTAMOEBAE IN PRONGHORN (ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA) FROM WYOMING
Newton Kingston, Elizabeth S. Williams, E. Tom Thome
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Abstract

Trophozoites and cysts of an amoeba resembling Entamoeba bovis were recovered from soft stools of captive pronghorn fawns (Antilocapra americana). Chronic or intermittent diarrhea was observed in most individuals in two groups of hand-raised 1- to 8-mo-old pronghorns. Ileocecal lymph nodes were mildly to moderately enlarged. Microscopic lesions were characterized by lymphoid hyperplasia, focal necrosis and pyogranulomatous inflammation in lymph nodes and focal necrosis and diffuse nonsuppurative enteritis in ileum and cecum. In 12 of 17 fawns, trophic stages of amoebae were observed in the submucosa of the cecum and/or the cortex of the ileocecal lymph node. This is the first report of E. bovis-like organisms invading and causing pathological changes in the tissues of their host.

Kingston, Williams, and Thome: INVASIVE ENTAMOEBAE IN PRONGHORN (ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA) FROM WYOMING
Newton Kingston, Elizabeth S. Williams, and E. Tom Thome "INVASIVE ENTAMOEBAE IN PRONGHORN (ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA) FROM WYOMING," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 26(1), 50-54, (1 January 1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.1.50
Received: 27 July 1988; Published: 1 January 1990
KEYWORDS
Antilocapra americana
case report
diffuse nonsuppurative enteritis
Entamoeba sp.
ileum and cecum
Pronghorn fawns
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