Korean Journal of Veterinary Research (대한수의학회지)

The Korean Society of Veterinary Science (대한수의학회)
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Aspiration pneumonia due to grain particle in a tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) with Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia

  • Jo, Ho-Seong (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Park, Nam-Yong (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
  • Accepted : 2006.08.03
  • Published : 2006.09.30
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Abstract

A 12-year-old female Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii) died after a 6-day history of depression, anorexia, and coughing. The necropsy revealed pustules of varying sizes on the lung surface from which a pure culture of Staphylococcus aureus was isolated. Histopathologically, the pulmonary nodules formed typical granulomatous inflammation. The center of the granulomatous foci consisted of a necrotic center and grain particles with gram positive cocci that were surrounded by eosinophilic club-like bodies containing Splendore-Hoeppli material. To our knowledge, this is the first report of aspiration pneumonia with respiratory botryomycosis as a result of grain inhalation in a Tammar Wallaby.

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