Foreign body perforation of the esophagus initiating traumatic pericarditis in an Australian fur seal.
Postmortem examination of a juvenile Australian fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus, washed ashore on Philip Island, Victoria, revealed traumatic fibrinous pericarditis and hemothorax. A foreign body lodged in the right ventricle was identified as the barbed spine of the ray Urolophus paucimaculatus. A small puncture wound through the esophagus indicated the initial perforation site.
D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D010872:Caniformia; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000662:veterinary*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D046069:Fur Seals; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000662:veterinary; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*