Disease in captive wild mammals and birds : $b incidence, description, comparisonFox, Herbert
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Disease in captive wild mammals and birds : $b incidence, description, comparison
Fox, Herbert
Veterinary medicine
Stomach.—Contains glass and stones; mucosa, soft, smooth, flat, yellow
and pink, translucent rugæ; cardia about normal; pylorus, valve
prominent but probably not hypertrophied. Duodenum—Beginning at
pylorus and extending through to ileum where follicles commence,
intestine contains small amount white, creamy material, serosa
negative, mucosa smooth flat, pale pink, translucent. There are small
nematodes, probably uncinaria, some of which are attached quite
firmly. Here and there throughout the gut are bits of thickened mucosa
or submucosa, 2–5 mm. across. Some of these have a tiny opening from
which clear fluid can be expressed. Ileum shows smooth flat
translucent mucous membrane; empty; individual follicles faint but
discernible. Colon reddened mucous membrane, nematodes and little
mucus. Pancreas, soft, normal in size and position, color pink gray.
The lymphatics of peritoneal cavity are all enlarged; most of
retroperitoneal are also. Regional lymph glands are also enlarged. The
description given for mediastinal answers here. The glands of
mesenteric stalk present chain of sausage-like masses. Glands in
mesentery are but slightly affected. Glands within and without
peritoneum at kidney are especially enlarged. Large gland behind
stomach and pancreas and in front of upper end of spleen is much
enlarged, thick and roughly circular; it shows much fibrosis. The
regional glands are distinctly enlarged but proportionately not so
much as the internal ones. Smear of juice expressed from peritoneal
glands shows large and small lymph cells in about proper proportions.
There are a few plasma cells. No granular cells.
Smear from bone marrow shows enormous number of premyelocytes and mast
cells. Polynuclears in their early stages are not numerous. Small
groups of lymphocytes, lightly packed together, noted here and there.
Blood smears unsatisfactory.
Microscopical.—Lung shows distended vesicles with considerable
congestion of septa and in some places red blood cells in alveoli.
Kidney.—Glomeruli contracted, relatively anemic; capsule negative;
epithelium throughout in state of granular degeneration probably
fatty; connective tissue not increased.
Intestines.—Show slight hyaline change in muscle fibres and nodular
degeneration and disappearance of protoplasm, leaving bare nuclei and
outline of the cells; submucosa loose; mucosa shows infiltration of
round and plasma cells, diapedesis, degeneration and desquamation of
epithelium. Section of ileum shows a hyperplasia of lymph follicles
with active centre in which large endothelial cells predominate. Small
swellings in submucosa consist of chronic granulation tissue, but
there is no foreign body and no evidence of preëxistence of a lymph
follicle.
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