ABDOMINAL PYTHIOSIS IN A BENGAL TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS)

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. Th...

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Published in:Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine 2006-06, Vol.37 (2), p.186-189
Main Authors: Buergelt, Claus, Powe, Joshua, White, Tamara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abdomen
Animals
Bengal tiger
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Cats
Colon
Dogs
Fatal Outcome
Female
Gastrointestinal Diseases - pathology
Gastrointestinal Diseases - veterinary
Hyphae
Infection - pathology
Infection - veterinary
Jejunum
Lymph nodes
Macrophages
Neutrophils
Panthera tigris tigris
pathology
Pythiosis
Pythium - isolation & purification
Pythium insidiosum
serology
Tigers
Zoos
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1042-7260
1937-2825
DOI:10.1638/05-003.1