A Retrospective Study of Pathology in Bats Submitted to an Exotic and Zoo Animal Diagnostic Service in Georgia, USA (2008-2019).

Autor: Kirejczyk SGM; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA. Electronic address: skirejc@emory.edu., Goodwin C; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA., Gyimesi ZS; Louisville Zoological Garden, Louisville, Kentucky, USA., Zachariah TT; Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, Florida, USA., Sturgeon GL; Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA., Armwood AR; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA., Frontera-Acevedo K; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA., Kokosinksa A; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA., Seguel M; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA., Fogelson SB; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA., Burnum AL; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA., Miller D; Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA., Sakamoto K; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA., Howerth EW; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA., McManamon R; Zoo and Exotic Animal Pathology Service, Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Athens, Georgia, USA., Gottdenker N; Department of Pathology, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of comparative pathology [J Comp Pathol] 2021 May; Vol. 185, pp. 96-107. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2021.04.010
Abstrakt: Pathology records of bats submitted to the University of Georgia from managed care settings were reviewed to identify naturally occurring diseases. Fifty-nine cases were evaluated during an 11-year period (2008-2019), including representatives from four families: Pteropodidae (Yinpterochiroptera), Phyllostomidae, Vespertilionidae and Molossidae (Yangochiroptera). Pathology reports were reviewed to determine the primary pathological process resulting in death or the decision to euthanize. Cases were categorized as non-infectious (34/59; 58%), infectious/inflammatory (17/59; 29%) or undetermined due to advanced autolysis (8/59; 14%). Musculoskeletal diseases and reproductive losses were the most frequent pathological processes. Among the infectious processes identified, bacterial infections of the reproductive and haemolymphatic systems were most frequently observed. The first two reports of neoplasia in small flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus) are described. Bats under managed care present with a wide range of histopathological lesions. In this cohort, non-infectious disease processes were common.
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