Naturally acquired visceral leishmaniosis in a captive Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus).
A high prevalence of leishmaniosis has been reported from an increasing number of domestic and wild mammals around the world. In Australian macropods, Leishmania                  spp infection has been occasionally described in its cutaneous form only. The purpose of this report is to present a case of fatal visceral leishmaniosis in a captive Bennett's wallaby in Madrid, Spain, which was investigated by detailed macroscopic, histologic, and immunohistochemical examinations.
Laboratorio de Diagnóstico Histopatológico Histovet, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain. gramirez@histoweb.com
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D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007614:Macropodidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D013030:Spain; D013154:Spleen / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology