Abdominal pythiosis in a Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

被引：9
作者：
Buergelt, Claus [1 ]
Powe, Joshua [1 ]
White, Tamara [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Florida, Coll Vet Med, Dept Pathobiol, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE | 2006年 / 37卷 / 02期
关键词：
pythiosis; Pythium insidiosum; abdomen; Bengal tiger; Panthera tigris tigris; pathology; serology;
D O I：
10.1638/05-003.1
中图分类号：
S85 [动物医学（兽医学）];
学科分类号：
0906 ;
摘要：
An adult Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) housed in an outdoor sanctuary in Florida exhibited vomiting, diarrhea, and weight loss. A clinical workup did not reveal the source of the clinical signs and antibiotic therapy was unrewarding. Radiographs revealed the presence of an abdominal mass. The tiger died during an immobilization for a follow-up clinical examination. A necropsy was performed and tissue samples of intestine and mesenteric lymph nodes were submitted for histopathologic diagnosis. A pyogranulomatous panenteritis and lymphadenitis with intralesional hyphae led to a presumptive etiologic diagnosis of intestinal/abdominal pythiosis. The diagnosis of pythiosis was confirmed by serology and immunoblotting.
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