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Mycobacterium genavense induced mycobacteriosis in an Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

  • Oh, Yeonsu (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Joon (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Tark, Dong-Seob (Korea Zoonosis Research Institute, Jeonbuk National University) ;
  • Cho, Ho-Seong (College of Veterinary Medicine and Bio-Safety Research Institute, Jeonbuk National University)
  • Received : 2021.06.19
  • Accepted : 2021.06.26
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

The report describes an avian mycobacteriosis in a captive wild bird. A 7-year-old female Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) maintained in a zoo of Korea presented a gradual cachexia and eventually was found dead. At necropsy, severely atrophied pectoral muscles exposing the keel bone were noticed. Yellowish thick nodules in varying sizes were scattered in all lobes of lungs, liver and spleen, suggesting mycobacteriosis. Histopathologically, multifocal to coalescing granulomas surrounded by multinucleated giant cells were observed. Numbers of acid-fast bacilli were revealed in granulomas. Then, a series of molecular diagnostic techniques were followed: a nested PCR, DNA sequencing and bioinformatics analysis. It resulted as Mycobacterium genavense. The identification of M. genavense as an etiological agent suggested that it might serve as a risk factor for other captive wild animals, and for a potential zoonotic risk since M. genavense have been a definite cause of disseminated mycobacterial infection in immunocompromised people. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of avian mycobacteriosis with M. genavense in a captive Indian peafowl.

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This work was supported by Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (IPET) through Animal Disease Management Technology Development Program, funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)(Project no. 320067-02-1-CG000).

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