Aeromonas hydrophilia infection in Jackass Penguins (Spheniscus demersus)
2005
Kim, K.T. (Daejeon Zoo Land, Daejeon, Republic of Korea) | Cho, S.W. (Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea), E-mail: swcho@cnu.ac.kr | Son, H.Y. (Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea) | Ryu, S.Y. (Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
Aeromonas hydrophilia infection was diagnosed in captive Jackass penguins (Spheniscus demersus). Seven Jackass penguins showed clinical signs including depression and anorexia with greenish vomiting, but four penguins were died although extensive treatment was carried out. At necropsy, the penguins appeared to have hemorrhage and catarrhal inflammation of the small and large intestines and severe enlargement of the right hepatic lobe, elongation of the gall bladder and pyloric ulceration of the stomach. The ovaries observed atrophy and congestion. Microscopically, there were congestion, fat droplet within the cytoplasm of the hepatic cell, infiltration of lymphocytes in the stomach, vilous detachment and destroyed glandular epithelium in the small and large intestines.
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