• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.250-252
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• 2002

A 14-year-old female Gill's bottle-nosed dolphin died after having 1 month history of depression, anorexia, and respiratory insufficiency. At necropsy, numerous well-demarcated tan firm nodules in variable sizes ranging from 2 m to 3 cm in diameter were scattered throughout the lung lobes. Histologically, the pulmonary nodules formed typical granulomatous inflammation. Center of the granulomatous foci consisted of necrotic center with gram positive cocci surrounded by eosinophilic Splendore-Hoeppli material then by macrophages, epithelioid cells, multinucleated giant cells, a few lymphocytes and fibroblasts. The is the first report of pulmonary botryomycosis in dolphin in Korea.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.267-269
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• 2006

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.