Iodine-induced goiter in penguins.
Goiter caused by excessive exposure to an iodine-containing disinfectant was an incidental finding at necropsy of captive penguins dying from renal failure, believed due to nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism. The disease was reproduced experimentally in ducklings.
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D001717:Birds; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006799:Housing, Animal; D007455:Iodine / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology
D007455:Iodine