A bumblefoot outbreak and fatal septicemia in captive aquatic birds in Brazil
| Autor: | Nelson Rodrigo da Silva Martins, Marcus Vinícius Romero Marques, Roselene Ecco, Daniel A.R. Vilela, Rogério Venâncio Donatti, J.S. Resende |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Veterinary medicine
Dendrocygna viduata General Veterinary biology black-swan (Cygnus atratus) Bumblefoot wood duck (Aix sponsa) Outbreak scarlet-ibis (Eudocimus ruber) biology.organism_classification Eudocimus ruber Wood ducks Spoonbill white-faced duck (Dendrocygna viduata) Cygnus atratus Aix sponsa symbols pododermatitis symbols.heraldic_charge Animal Science and Zoology aquatic birds roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Ciência Rural v.39 n.6 2009 Ciência Rural Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) instacron:UFSM |
| ISSN: | 0103-8478 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0103-84782009000600044 |
| Popis: | A bumblefoot outbreak with different prognosis according to host species was studied in captive aquatic avian species. Six wood ducks (Aix sponsa), three scarlet-ibis (Eudocimus ruber), two black-swans (Cygnus atratus), five white-faced ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) and two roseate spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) were kept in a common pen with abrasive pavement pond margin, predisposing to podal skin wear. Incoordination and mortality occurred in the two roseate spoonbils and one black swan. Coagulase-positive penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the synovial fluid and from the liver. All birds sharing the pen presented active or cicatricial foot lesions, indicating a possible challenge to the environmental Staphylococci. However, except for the roseate spoonbill and the black swan, which had fatal disease, for all other species the case did not evolve to a clinically debilitating or fatal disease. The different susceptibility to a fatal Staphylococcus aureus coagulase positive infection is discussed. |
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