title: Egg yolk serositis in an American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).
abstract: An adult female American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) had diffuse, yellow, granular serosal thickening at necropsy. Light microscopic examination of affected stomach, small intestine and spleen revealed a chronic proliferative serositis associated with 3 to 15 micron eosinophilic extracellular globules identified histochemically and morphologically as egg yolk. The intracoelomic egg yolk was considered to be the cause of the serosal reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000489:Alligators and Crocodiles; D000818:Animals; D004530:Egg Yolk / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D012104:Reptiles; D012700:Serositis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*