title: Aspergillus fumigatus infection in an ostrich (Struthio camelus).
abstract: An 11-month-old female ostrich (Struthio camelus) had become gradually emaciated over a 2-week period and subsequently died. Necropsy revealed white to green mold growth on the walls of caseous thickened air sac membranes and multiple white necrotic foci in the lungs and liver. Histologically, the multiple exudative, necrotic and granulomatous lesions were compatible with mycotic infection in the air sacs and lungs, and hyphae positively reacted with a monoclonal antibody (Mab-WF-AF-1) to Aspergillus fumigatus wall fractions. Multifocal hepatic necrosis was also found, and several spores were observed in the blood vessels. Fungal culture of these lesions yielded pure growth of A. fumigatus. This is an established case of fatal A. fumigatus infection in an ostrich reared in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Rumoi Livestock Hygiene Service Center, Motomachi, Horonobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibahara
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Rina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hiraki
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kadota
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006652:Histological Techniques; D007564:Japan; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D020310:Struthioniformes