[Fat-embolic vascular occlusions in avian lungs. Research of histologically determinable neutral fats in parrotlike birds (Psittaciformes)].
In 50 flying birds (49 parrot-like, one peacock), the content of fat-embolic vascular occlusions was determined. In 22 cases, fat-embolic occlusions of low intensity were found in pulmonary capillaries. There were no occlusions in renal vessels. The fat embolies had no influence on a lethal outcome. There was no statistically significant correlation between the fatty infiltration of the liver, the fat content of the bone marrow, and the frequency of fat-embolic occlusion of blood vessels. In 18 cases, mycoses were the cause of death. These infections did not influence the number of fat-embolic vascular occlusions.
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000473:pathology; D010311:Parrots; D011563:Psittaciformes; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
Fettembolische Verschlüsse in den Blutgefässen der Vogellunge. Untersuchungen zum histologisch bestimmbaren Neutralfettgehalt papageienartiger Vögel (Psittaciformes)