First report of Sarcocystis halieti (Apicomplexa) in bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

Petras Prakas; Josep Estruch; Roser Velarde; Mikas Ilgūnas; Donatas Šneideris; Olga Nicolás-Francisco; Ignasi Marco; Rafael Calero-Bernal

doi:10.1007/s11259-023-10191-1

First report of Sarcocystis halieti (Apicomplexa) in bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

Petras Prakas, Josep Estruch, Roser Velarde, Mikas Ilgūnas, Donatas Šneideris, Olga Nicolás-Francisco, Ignasi Marco, Rafael Calero-Bernal^*

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Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery

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At least three Sarcocystis species (S. falcatula, S. halieti and S. wobeseri–like) have been detected infecting raptorial birds. By histopathology and PCR-sequencing of the ITS1 marker, S. halieti was detected in a bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) and a black kite (Milvus migrans) from the Catalonia region in North Spain. The 241 bp-long sequences obtained from the Sarcocystis organisms detected in both raptors showed 97.5–99.6% and 97.9–100% similarity with those of previously identified S. halieti; also, the phylogenetic trees generated placed the identified sequences together with other sequences of S. halieti available in GenBank. In sum, the description of the bearded vulture as a new intermediate host for S. halieti adds new insights on the complex epidemiology of the genus involving avian hosts.

Original language	English
Journal	Veterinary Research Communications
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-023-10191-1
Publication status	Published - 9 Aug 2023

Keywords

Apicomplexa
ITS1
Phylogeny
Raptorial birds
Sarcocystis

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First report of Sarcocystis halieti (Apicomplexa) in bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

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