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
Bone marrow consists of a matrix of granular or fibrillar mucoid
tissue within the delicate reticulum of which highly developed
capillaries are placed, together with stellate spindle and sealring
cells. In a few places only are myelocytes recognizable and then in
decreased numbers. Plasma cells sometimes found containing much blood
pigment.
Liver.—Capsule normal; perilobular fibrous tissue only slightly
overgrown, moderately infiltrated with lymphocytes and heavily with
blood pigment. Arteries, ducts, veins, normal. Parenchymal cell a
little smaller than normal with nuclei of normal type, and crowded
with fine granules of blood pigment. Latter lie in usual
pericanalicular position. Blood capillaries narrow, moderately
congested and Kupffer’s cells also contain abundant pigment granules.
Thyroid.—Interstitial framework shows no fibrosis or cellular
infiltrates. Blood vessels normal. Acini fairly uniform in size, none
ever attaining large proportions, but some being distinctly below
normal. They are uniformly filled with a very pale pink hyaline
material which in some way gradually increases in color intensity
toward one side, attaining in a few examples usual intensity of
colloid. Lining epithelium is low cuboidal, shows no special
hyperplastic features or atrophy.
Kidney.—Capsule normal. Interstitial tissue normal. Blood vessels
slightly congested. Tubular epithelium granular, disintegrated and
frequently contains numerous fat globules and obscured nuclei. Lumina
of about normal size containing variable quantities of pink granular
detritus. Glomerular tufts normal in size and appearance. Subcapsular
space and Bowman’s capsule normal.
Adrenal.—Capsule and pericapsular tissue normal. Parenchymal cells
throughout poor or practically free of vacuoles, such appearing in
only limited portion of pars vesicularis. Interstitial framework and
vessels normal. Structure of columns in pars vesicularis is peculiar
in that they extend quite to capsule with no intervening pars
glomerulosa, and again in that most peripheral parts are expanded at
times showing a lumen, while deeper parts show broad cells extending
fully across the column. Pars reticularis contains no pigment and
medullary cells quite normal. Skeletal muscles show comparatively few
fibres with transverse markings. Most are swollen, hyaline, lumpy, and
have pyknotic nuclei. Interstitial parts show no inflammatory change.
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