STRONGYLOIDIASIS IN A COPE'S GREY TREE FROG (HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS)

Janet C. Patterson-Kane; Ralph P. Eckerlin; Eugene T. Lyons; Melissa A. Jewell

doi:10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0106:SIACSG]2.0.CO;2

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Janet C. Patterson-Kane,^* Ralph P. Eckerlin,^* Eugene T. Lyons,^* Melissa A. Jewell^*

^*From the Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, 1429 Newtown Pike, Lexington, Kentucky 40511-1280, USA (Patterson-Kane); the Natural Science Division, Northern Virginia Community College, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, Virginia 22003, USA (Eckerlin); the Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, 1500 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0099, USA (Lyons); and the Louisville Zoological Gardens, 1100 Trevillian Way, Louisville, Kentucky 40213, USA (Jewell). Present address (Patterson-Kane): Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, United Kingdom.

Abstract

A male Cope's grey tree frog (Hyla chrysoscelis) died spontaneously with ventral subcutaneous edema and was necropsied. Thickening of the intestinal mucosa was observed histopathologically, with villous atrophy and intraepithelial nematodes present. Adult female Strongyloides sp. nematodes were isolated from the fixed intestinal tract, the first time this nematode genus has been recovered from this frog genus. Intestinal strongyloidiasis should be considered as a cause for protein-losing enteropathy and death in frogs.

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Janet C. Patterson-Kane, Ralph P. Eckerlin, Eugene T. Lyons, and Melissa A. Jewell "STRONGYLOIDIASIS IN A COPE'S GREY TREE FROG (HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 32(1), 106-110, (1 March 2001). https://doi.org/10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0106:SIACSG]2.0.CO;2

Received: 8 May 2000; Published: 1 March 2001

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