AN OCCURRENCE OF AVIAN TUBERCULOSIS IN HOODED MERGANSER (LOPHODYTES CUCULLATUS)

Authors
SATO Y AOYAGI T MATSUURA S FUKUI S KITAZAWA I NISHIMORI K YOKOMIZO Y
Citation
Y. Sato et al., AN OCCURRENCE OF AVIAN TUBERCULOSIS IN HOODED MERGANSER (LOPHODYTES CUCULLATUS), Avian diseases, 40(4), 1996, pp. 941-944
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Avian diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00052086
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
941 - 944
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-2086(1996)40:4<941:AOOATI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Two imported male hooded mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) were intro duced into a zoological aviary in Japan, and one of them died 10 mo la ter. Postmortem revealed numerous white yellowish nodules of various s izes in the liver. Two large nodules were also observed below the righ t lung and on the top of the left kidney. Histopathologically, a large number of tubercles with acid-fast bacilli were seen in the liver. Th e amyloid was deposited in the connective tissue of the tubercles. Bac teriologically, Mycobacterium avium serovar 1 was isolated from the li ver.