Calodium hepaticum in Jungle Cats ( Felis chaus ) in Sri Lanka

Anjana C Karawita; Vijitha P Perera; Salika Perera; Dinusha S de Silva; Waruni R Jayaweera; Chelsea G Himsworth; Trent K Bollinger; Panduka de S Gunawardena

doi:10.7589/2016-02-046

Calodium hepaticum in Jungle Cats ( Felis chaus ) in Sri Lanka

J Wildl Dis. 2016 Oct;52(4):971-972. doi: 10.7589/2016-02-046. Epub 2016 Jul 19.

Authors

Anjana C Karawita^{1

2}, Vijitha P Perera^{2

3}, Salika Perera^{2

4}, Dinusha S de Silva³, Waruni R Jayaweera¹, Chelsea G Himsworth^{5

6}, Trent K Bollinger^{6

7}, Panduka de S Gunawardena^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.
² 2 Sri Lanka Wildlife Health Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.
³ 3 Elephant Transit Home, Department of Wildlife Conservation, Udawalawe 70190, Sri Lanka.
⁴ 4 Veterinary Research Institute, Gannoruwa 20400, Sri Lanka.
⁵ 5 Animal Health Center, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, 1767 Angus Campbell Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia V3G 2M3, Canada.
⁶ 6 Canadian Wildlife Health Co-operative, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada.
⁷ 7 Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada.

PMID: 27434415
DOI: 10.7589/2016-02-046

Abstract

Calodium hepaticum infection is rarely reported in carnivores. We describe two cases of C. hepaticum infection, causing liver lesions, in wild jungle cats ( Felis chaus ) in Sri Lanka.

MeSH terms

Animals
Capillaria / isolation & purification*
Felis / microbiology*
Sri Lanka