Naturally occurring histoplasmosis in the chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger).
Histoplasmosis was diagnosed histopathologically in a female chinchilla. This animal had originated from a commercial chinchilla ranch in central Missouri. Seventeen of 130 animals in the colony had died within a month's period with a respiratory illness. This animal had a history of fur chewing, but this was not true of all the other animals that had died. Histoplasma capsulatum was cultured from timothy hay used for food.
D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002682:Chinchilla; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D014481:United States