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
Kidney.—Capsule smooth, interstitial fibrous tissue of organ proper
highly fibrosed in peripheral parts, but slightly in deeper. No
lymphocytic infiltrations anywhere or sclerosis of vessels. Tubular
epithelium highly atrophic in subcapsular regions where tubules are
narrow. In deeper parts epithelium is at times so swollen as to
occlude lumina, where they are coarsely granular and occasionally show
some karyolysis, a pink hyaline or finely granular material. Tufts
never show fibrosis, normal size. Bowman’s capsule heavily thickened.
Chronic diffuse nephritis (subcapsular type).
Spleen.—Slightly hyalinized capsule, normal thickness. General
reticulum of pulp slightly fibrosed and poor in lymphocytes. Sinuses
broad, crowded with red blood cells, but only small numbers of
lymphocytes. Coarse granular blood pigment abundant, showing greenish
cast on focusing. Malpighian follicles normal size, slightly fibrosed,
and in several instances show a deposit of smooth pink material
between cells. Congestion. Fibrillar fibrosis. Hemosiderin
pigmentation. Local amyloid infiltration.
Adrenal.—Organ appears normal in all respects save for presence of a
few small irregular areas of calcification in medulla. These occur
apart from any recognizable necrotic or fibrous areas. In one place
one appears to lie within lumen of blood vessel. No fibroses or
special congestions anywhere in organ, and cells show normal details
and normal numbers of vacuoles. Calcareous infiltration of medulla.
Stomach.—Muscular tunic normal. Submucosa thin, has densely arranged
bundles of smooth, pink character. Mucosa distinctly thinned, shows
comparatively few regions holding acid cells, consisting for most part
of peptic type of gland. These are short and of broader calibre
towards lumen than deeper, suggesting a hyperplasia of luminal
portions; stroma richly infiltrated with lymphocytes, not fibrosed or
congested. Epithelium of crypts has rarefied appearance, shows no
special degenerative changes. Chronic atrophic gastritis.
Bone marrow appears as widely separated large, fat globules with
intervening granular edematous material and no hematopoietic elements.
Blood capillaries numerous and highly congested.
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