Detection and molecular characterisation of intestinal parasites in the South China tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis (Hilzheimer)

Title:

Detection and molecular characterisation of intestinal parasites in the South China tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis (Hilzheimer)

Creator:

Chiu, Hung-chuan, Fan, Kewei, Sun, Xiaoshuang, Lin, Kaixiong, Chen, Tengteng, Yang, Fei, Qiu, Yunfei, Wei, Dongxia, and Huang, Cuiqin

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:dc591481-0971-4017-8953-5169284f941a
uuid:dc591481-0971-4017-8953-5169284f941a
doi:10.14411/fp.2021.029

Subject:

Mini-FLOTAC, Toxascaris leonina, Cystoisospora sp., Felidae, Meihua, mountain, and China

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

počítač and online zdroj

Description:

Parasitic infections of the South China tigers in the Meihua Mountains have not been explored previously. Faeces of 22 South China tigers from the China Tiger Park in the Meihua Mountains were examined. Eggs of ascaridoid nematodes and oocysts of coccidia were detected by Mini-FLOTAC assay. Morphological observation and molecular characterisation of the oocysts were carried out. The prevalence of Toxascaris leonina (von Linstow, 1902) was 18% (4/22), and the highest egg per gram (EPG) count in the faeces was 27,150. The prevalence of Cystoisospora sp. was 45% (1 0/22) and the highest oocysts per gram (OPG) in the faeces was 6,000. In addition, we found one ascaridoid nematode in the South China tiger's faeces and was molecularly and morphologically identified as T. leonina. The oocysts in the faeces were sporulated in vitro and identified as Cystoisospora sp. Amplification of full-length internal transcribed spacers (ITS) resulted in sequences 1,622 bp long. Using the sequences, Cystoisospora sp. of the South China tiger was closest to Isospora belli (Wenyon, 1923) and Cystoisospora suis (Biester, 1934).

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

1-5

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2021 Volume:68 | Number:1

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