Abstract |
A free-ranging juvenile female red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) that was unable to fly was admitted to a rehabilitation center and died 1 day later. Hematology and serum chemistry abnormalities included moderate regenerative anemia, elevated creatine kinase, and hyperphosphatemia. Necropsy revealed a generalized steatitis, and histology showed a necrotizing and granulomatous pansteatitis with intralesional pigment compatible with ceroid. There was also moderate diffuse myodegeneration, mild multifocal cardiomyopathy, and mild multifocal hepatic necrosis. These changes and lesions resemble those caused by vitamin E deficiency in mammals and fish-eating birds.
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Authors | E Wong, I Mikaelian, M Desnoyers, G Fitzgerald |
Journal | Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
(J Zoo Wildl Med)
Vol. 30
Issue 4
Pg. 584-6
(Dec 1999)
ISSN: 1042-7260 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10749450
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adipose Tissue
(pathology)
- Anemia
(etiology, veterinary)
- Animals
- Bird Diseases
(blood, pathology)
- Blood Chemical Analysis
(veterinary)
- Female
- Hematologic Tests
(veterinary)
- Liver
(pathology)
- Muscle, Skeletal
(pathology)
- Myocardium
(pathology)
- Necrosis
- Raptors
(blood)
- Reference Values
- Steatitis
(blood, pathology)
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