First Report of a Novel Hepatozoon sp. in Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
(2019)
Journal Article
Yu, J. H., Durrant, K. L., Liu, S., Carlin, E. P., Wang, C., Rodriguez, J., …Fleischer, R. C. (2019). First Report of a Novel Hepatozoon sp. in Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). EcoHealth, 16(2), 338=345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-019-01416-4
The first report of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) infected with a novel Hepatozoon species is presented. An intraleukocytic parasite was detected via routine blood smear from a zoo-housed giant panda at the National Zoological Park. Ribosomal... Read More about First Report of a Novel Hepatozoon sp. in Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca).