DISSEMINATED COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS IN A CAPTIVE INDOCHINESE TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS CORBETTI) WITH CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE

A 19-yr-old, 78.2-kg captive female Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) from the El Paso Zoo (El Paso, Texas, USA) with chronic renal disease was euthanized after a 10-day course of anorexia, depression, progressive rear limb weakness, muscle fasciculations, and head tremors. Postmortem fin...

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Published in:Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine 2006-12, Vol.37 (4), p.542-544
Main Authors: Helmick, Kelly E, Koplos, Peter, Raymond, James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Animals, Zoo
Antibodies
Antibodies, Fungal - blood
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Cats
Chronic diseases
Chronic kidney failure
chronic renal disease
Coccidioides - immunology
Coccidioides immitis
Coccidioidomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis - diagnosis
Coccidioidomycosis - epidemiology
Coccidioidomycosis - veterinary
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fungal infections
Indochinese tiger
Infections
Kidney Failure, Chronic - diagnosis
Kidney Failure, Chronic - epidemiology
Kidney Failure, Chronic - veterinary
Leopardus pardalis
Lynx rufus
Panthera onca
Panthera pardus
Panthera tigris
Panthera tigris corbetti
Serology
Tigers
Zoos
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Summary:A 19-yr-old, 78.2-kg captive female Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) from the El Paso Zoo (El Paso, Texas, USA) with chronic renal disease was euthanized after a 10-day course of anorexia, depression, progressive rear limb weakness, muscle fasciculations, and head tremors. Postmortem findings included pericardial effusion, generalized lymphadenopathy, glomerulosclerosis, glomerular atrophy with membranous glomerulonephropathy, and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Pyogranulomatous pneumonia, pericarditis, and lymphadenitis were associated with fungal spherules histomorphologically consistent with Coccidioides immitis. Rising antibodies to C. immitis were detected on samples obtained perimortem and 2 mo before euthanasia. Retrospective serology was negative for two additional Indochinese tigers, two Iranian leopards (Panthera pardus saxicolor), two jaguars (Panthera onca), two bobcats (Lynx rufus texensis), two ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), and three Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis) housed at the zoo over an 8-yr period. Despite being located within the endemic region for C. immitis, this is only the second case of coccidioidomycosis reported from this institution.
ISSN:1042-7260
1937-2825
DOI:10.1638/04-042.1