Tracheal malformation in a bicephalic Honduran milk snake (Lampropeltis hondurensis) and subsequent fatal Salmonella arizonae infection.
A bicephalic Honduran milk snake (Lampropeltis hondurensis) with tracheal duplication and malformation and Salmonella arizonae infection is described. There were atypically wide collapsed tracheal rings with necrotizing tracheitis and abundant necrotic epithelial debris and inflammatory cells obstructing the lumen in one of the duplicate tracheae. Salmonella arizonae was cultured from the malformed duplicate trachea and was considered to be the etiologic agent causing necrosis.
Orós
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Department of Histology and Pathological Anatomy, Veterinary Faculty, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Rodríguez
J L
JL
Espinosa de los Monteros
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Rodríguez
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Herráez
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Fernández
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D000818:Animals; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006257:Head / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D012476:Salmonella arizonae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012911:Snakes / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013030:Spain; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology