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Published on: August 16, 2011
Schistosomiasis and nutritional myopathy in a Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
B Yamini1, T W Schillhorn van Veen
1Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.
Abstract:
Gross lesions suggestive of severe hepatoenteropathy and myopathy were noted in a 4.5-yr-old Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) from a zoo in Michigan (USA). The major microscopic lesions were granulomatous hepatitis and hemorrhagic enteritis associated with non-operculated eggs compatible with those of the Schistosomatidae (Digenea). Skeletal muscle and tongue contained foci of severe acute myodegeneration and necrosis. The hepatic vitamin E value of 1.3 ppm dry weight was considered critically low.
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