Sparganosis in the monotremes Tachyglossus aculeatus and Ornithorhynchus anatinus in Australia
| Autor: | David M. Spratt, David Middleton, Jill Stephanson-Shaw, Fenella Muntz, Richard Whrttington, Peter A. W. Harper, Helen McCracken, Brendan Carmel, W. J. Hartley, Michael R. Strakosch |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Skin Neoplasms Lung Diseases Parasitic Sparganosis Tachyglossidae Animals Wild Monotreme Diagnosis Differential Sparganum biology.animal Parenchyma medicine Animals Platypus Spirometra Lung Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Pneumonitis Skin Ecology biology Australia Anatomy Pleural cavity medicine.disease biology.organism_classification medicine.anatomical_structure Echidna Animals Zoo Female |
| Zdroj: | Journal of wildlife diseases. 28(4) |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| Popis: | Sparganosis in the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, is characterized by large subcutaneous masses that may be confused with neoplasms. Plerocercoids, believed to be Spirometra erinacei, were found in the ventral or lateral subcutaneous tissues of three echidnas. In each case there was a prominent fibrous massor = 12 cm in diameter enclosing plerocercoids, which were surrounded by an intense inflammatory infiltrate dominated by plasma cells and lymphocytes, with focal suppuration. Multiple, small (or = 2 mm) plerocercoids were present in the lungs and pleural cavity of a fourth echidna that died due to severe pneumonitis. Several plerocercoids also were found in the lung of a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) associated with parenchymal compression and focal pneumonia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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