Heterobilharzia americana infection in a Grant's zebra (Equus burchelli boehmi). Academic Article

abstract

• Heterobilharzia americana is a trematode parasite (family: Schistosomatidae) of mammalian wildlife that occasionally infects domestic dogs and horses in the southeastern United States. This report presents the first case of H. americana infection in a Grant's zebra (Equus burchelli boehmi). The parasite was diagnosed post mortem as an incidental finding by histopathologic identification of H. americana eggs in the liver parenchyma after the zebra succumbed in an accidental traumatic death. Molecular analysis of a portion of the parasite small subunit ribosomal RNA gene demonstrated 100% identity with DNA sequences from parasites previously characterized in domestic horses. Equine infections with H. americana are considered uncommon, but are probably underdiagnosed.

authors

• Snowden, Karen

published proceedings

• Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports

altmetric score

• 1.85

author list (cited authors)

• Rodriguez, J. Y., Finneburgh, B. M., Lewis, B. C., Flanagan, J., & Snowden, K. F.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Rodriguez, JY||Finneburgh, BM||Lewis, BC||Flanagan, J||Snowden, KF

publication date

• January 2021

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Equidae
• Liver
• Schistosomatidae
• Trematode Infections

PubMed Central ID

• 33678359

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.vprsr.2020.100495

start page

• 100495

end page

• 100495

volume

• 23

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2020.100495