Rectal stricture in an ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Autor: B R, Berridge, B A, Hague, R, Barthel, R W, Storts
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 29(3)
ISSN: 1042-7260
Popis: Exploratory celiotomy of an 18-mo-old female ostrich (Struthio camelus) with anorexia, lethargy, and constipation of 5 days' duration showed mesenteric volvulus and a focal narrowing of the rectum approximately 28 cm cranial to the cloaca. The prognosis was poor and the animal was euthanized. Necropsy revealed a fibrinonecrotic proctitis and a 3-cm-long circumferential stricture of the rectum. Histologically, the rectal wall at the stricture was deeply effaced by fibrovascular connective tissue with vascular thrombosis and necrotizing vasculitis, and it resembled the lesions in feeder pigs with fibrinonecrotic colitis.
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