[Disseminated histoplasmosis in a dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas neglecta) kept in captivity conditions in Spain].
A 17 month old female gazelle dorca (Gazella dorcas neglecta), kept in captivity in a Spanish zoo, showed several symptoms of illness including fever, lethargy and behavioural changes. (X)-ray revealed ruminal "foreign bodies" and pneumonia with a nodular pattern. After surgical intervention, the animal died. At necropsy, histopathologic and microbiological findings were consistent with the diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis, with an inflammatory histological pattern associated with immunodepression in the animal, similar to those observed in patients with severe immunodeficiency (AIDS and others).
Fariñas
Fernando
F
Instituto de Patología y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Málaga, y Centro de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Granada, España. iamalab@hotmail.com
Flores
Luis
L
Rodríguez
Pablo
P
Sabalete
Trinidad
T
Quevedo
Miguel Angel
MA
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D000866:Antelopes / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D006321:Heart / Q000382:microbiology; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D013030:Spain; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000276:immunology; D014781:Viscera / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology