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Case Reports
. 2017 Sep;48(3):925-928.
doi: 10.1638/2016-0246.1.

INTESTINAL HISTOPLASMOSIS IN A CAPTIVE REINDEER (RANGIFER TARANDUS), MISSOURI, USA

Jessica S Fortin, Michael J Calcutt, Dusty W Nagy, Keiichi Kuroki
Case Reports

INTESTINAL HISTOPLASMOSIS IN A CAPTIVE REINDEER (RANGIFER TARANDUS), MISSOURI, USA

Jessica S Fortin et al. J Zoo Wildl Med. 2017 Sep.

Abstract

An infection with Histoplasma capsulatum was diagnosed in a farmed reindeer in Missouri, an endemic area for histoplasmosis, localized in the intestine. The intrahistiocytic organisms were identified in tissue sections using histologic methods and confirmed by immunohistochemistry. This is the first report of histoplasmosis in a reindeer or in any deer species.

Keywords: Dimorphic fungi; Enterocolitis; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; Reindeer.

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