A pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor bicolor) presented weak and unable to fly. Results of a complete blood count and plasma biochemical analysis revealed a leukocytosis and elevations in multiple enzymes, respectively. Sarcocystosis was suspected and was definitively diagnosed from muscle biopsy samples. A multidrug treatment regimen consisting of diclazuril, pyrimethamine, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was instituted. Muscle biopsies collected after 40 days of treatment were normal. The bird died of a bacterial septicemia 18 months after treatment with no evidence of sarcocystosis. This case suggests that diclazuril may be a useful drug in the treatment of avian sarcocystosis.
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1 September 2004
Combination Therapy Using Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, Pyrimethamine, and Diclazuril to Treat Sarcocystosis in a Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor bicolor)
Meg Sutherland-Smith,
Patrick Morris
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Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Vol. 18 • No. 3
September 2004
Vol. 18 • No. 3
September 2004
diclazuril
Ducula bicolor bicolor
pied imperial pigeon
pyrimethamine
Sarcocystis
trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole