Consulta: subjectFacets:"Wood duck (Aix sponsa)"
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A bumblefoot outbreak and fatal septicemia in captive aquatic birds in Brazil
Provedor de dados: 65
Autores: Marques,Marcus Vinícius Romero; Resende,José Sérgio de; Donatti,Rogério Venâncio; Vilela,Daniel Ambrózio da Rocha; Ecco,Roselene; Martins,Nelson Rodrigo da Silva.
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...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Aquatic birds; Bumblefoot; Pododermatitis; Wood duck (Aix sponsa); Scarlet-ibis (Eudocimus ruber); Black-swan (Cygnus atratus); White-faced duck (Dendrocygna viduata); Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja).
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782009000600044