Vitamin E deficiency and pansteatitis in juvenile boat-billed herons (Cochlearius cochlearius).
Steatitis due to vitamin E deficiency occurred in three 10-wk-old boat-billed herons (Cochlearius cochlearius) despite daily placement of a powdered vitamin supplement on the fish that was subsequently washed off by the parents. Physical findings included emaciation, yellow-brown subcutaneous nodules, a firm distended coelom, stomatitis, and yellow-white, submucosal pharyngeal nodules. Clinical pathology revealed heterophilic leukocytosis, anemia, hypoproteinemia, and low plasma alpha (alpha)-tocopherol levels (1.94 microg/ml and 2.14 microg/ml). Two of the chicks died of severe, diffuse pansteatitis and respiratory aspergillosis.
Pollock
C G
CG
Department of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901-1071, USA.
Sleeman
J M
JM
Houle
C D
CD
Ramsay
E C
EC
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001717:Birds; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D013231:Steatitis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
D014810:Vitamin E