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1 September 2018 GASTRIC PYTHIOSIS IN A BACTRIAN CAMEL (BACTRIANUS CAMELUS)
Lilian C. Heck, Matheus V. Bianchi, Paula R. Pereira, Marina P. Lorenzett, Cíntia de Lorenzo, Saulo P. Pavarini, David Driemeier, Luciana Sonne
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Abstract

Pythium insidiosum, an aquatic oomycete, causes chronic lesions in the skin and digestive tract of multiple species. A captive-bred Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) showed clinical signs of lethargy and weight loss in a clinical course of 30 days, with no response to treatment. At necropsy, the abdominal cavity had approximately 32 L of a yellow, turbid fluid with fibrin. The third compartment of the stomach (C-3) showed a focal area of rupture covered with fibrin. Close to this area, the C-3 wall was thickened and firm, demonstrating irregular, yellow, and friable areas on cut surface (kunkers). Microscopically, these corresponded to necrosis, characterized by a central amorphous eosinophilic material, surrounded by a pyogranulomatous inflammatory infiltrate and fibrosis. Negatively stained hyphae were observed at the periphery of the necrotic areas, which showed marked immunostaining for P. insidiosum. Pythiosis in camelids may involve the stomach, resulting in peritonitis and death.

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Lilian C. Heck, Matheus V. Bianchi, Paula R. Pereira, Marina P. Lorenzett, Cíntia de Lorenzo, Saulo P. Pavarini, David Driemeier, and Luciana Sonne "GASTRIC PYTHIOSIS IN A BACTRIAN CAMEL (BACTRIANUS CAMELUS)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 49(3), 784-787, (1 September 2018). https://doi.org/10.1638/2017-0195.1
Accepted: 8 April 2018; Published: 1 September 2018
KEYWORDS
Camelids
gastritis
immunohistochemistry
infectious diseases
oomycete
pathology
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