Uromastyx is a genus of the herbivorous agamid lizards, also known as spiny-tailed lizards or mastigures, which are found in parts of Africa and the Middle East. Currently, several species of this genus are available in the international pet trade in Japan. In this study, two imported wild-caught spiny-tailed lizards (Arabian blue mastigure, Uromastyx ornata philbyi, and Sudan mastigure, Uromastyx dispar flavifasciata) were diagnosed with a Cryptosporidium (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) infection based on the presence of the oocysts in the rectal feces using sucrose flotation and light microscopy examination at a local animal hospital in Tokyo, Japan. One of the lizards had died, and histopathological examination revealed enteritis with the Cryptosporidium parasite. Sequence analyses using the small subunit ribosomal RNA, actin, and 70-kDa heat shock protein genes indicated that the lizards had contracted a novel variant of C. avium that commonly infects avian species.

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野外捕获的宠物多刺尾蜥的隐孢子虫种类的检测和分子表征。

Uromastyx是草食的蜥蜴蜥蜴的一种，也被称为刺尾蜥蜴或乳齿动物，在非洲和中东的部分地区都可以找到。目前，在日本的国际宠物贸易中可以买到该属的几种。在这项研究中，根据卵囊中是否存在卵囊，将两只进口的野生带刺多尾蜥蜴（阿拉伯蓝手指甲，Uromastyx ornata philbyi和苏丹手指甲，Uromastyx dispar flavifasciata）诊断为隐孢子虫（Apicomplexa：Cryptosporidiidae）感染。在日本东京一家当地动物医院使用蔗糖浮选和光学显微镜检查直肠粪便。一只蜥蜴死了，组织病理学检查发现隐孢子虫寄生虫感染了肠炎。使用小亚基核糖体RNA，肌动蛋白，