2014/01/01 by Jacques Rigoulet, Alain Hennache, Pierre Lagourette +4 · 1 citation
Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · #Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies #Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments #Viral Infections and Vectors #Toxoplasmosis #Biology #Dove #Toxoplasma gondii #Virology #Zoology #Immunology #Antibody
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/parasite/2014062
openalex publication_date 2014/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Toxoplasmosis causes mortality in several avian species, especially passerine birds. Toxoplasmosis was diagnosed in a bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis) found dead at the zoo of Clères (France). The bird had necrotizing pneumonia and nephritis with intralesional tachyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii. The diagnosis was confirmed by immunostaining with polyclonal rabbit T. gondii antibodies and by transmission electron microscopy. To our knowledge, the bar-shouldered dove is a new host record for T. gondii.