Tuberculosis in Farmed Rheas (Rhea americana)
Avian tuberculosis was diagnosed in two mature rheas on different ratite farms over a 2-year period. Both birds had died after progressively losing body condition. Caseonecrotic granulomas were scattered throughout the liver and spleen in both birds. Similar granulomas were in the lung of one bird a...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Avian diseases 1994-01, Vol.38 (1), p.193-196 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Avian tuberculosis was diagnosed in two mature rheas on different ratite farms over a 2-year period. Both birds had died after progressively losing body condition. Caseonecrotic granulomas were scattered throughout the liver and spleen in both birds. Similar granulomas were in the lung of one bird and bilaterally in the subcutis cranial to the shoulder in the other bird. Smears of several granulomas from both rheas revealed large numbers of acid-fast bacilli. Histologically, the granulomas had caseonecrotic, non-mineralized centers surrounded by giant cells. Large numbers of acid-fast bacilli were seen free in the necrotic material and within inflammatory cells. Amyloidosis of the liver and spleen occurred in one rhea. Mycobacterium avium complex was isolated at a reference laboratory from hepatic granulomas submitted from one rhea. /// Durante un período de dos años se diagnosticó tuberculosis aviar en dos ñandúes adultos localizados en diferentes granjas de rátidas. Ambas aves murieron luego de una pérdida progresiva de peso. Se encontraron granulomas caseonecróticos diseminados en el hígado y en el bazo de ambas aves. Se hallaron granulomas similares en los pulmones de una de las aves y bilateralmente en el subcutis craneal del hombro de la otra ave. Los frotis de los granulomas de ambas aves revelaron un lato número de bacilos ácido-resistentes. Histológicamente, los granulomas tenían centros caseonecróticos, desmineralizados y estaban rodeados por células gigantes. Un alto número de bacilos ácido-resistentes fueron vistos tanto libres en el material necrótico como dentro de las células inflamatorias. En uno de los ñandúes se presentó amiloidosis del hígado y del bazo. Se aisló Mycobacterium avium en un laboratorio de referencia a donde se enviaron muestras de granulomas hepáticos de una de las aves. |
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ISSN: | 0005-2086 1938-4351 |
DOI: | 10.2307/1591857 |