Disseminated yeast(OrderSaccharomycetales)infection in a Muscovy duckling(Cairina moschata).
A Muscovy duckling was presented for necropsy due to ongoing mortalities on a farm. Microscopic examination revealed multisystemic inflammatory lesions with intralesional and intracytoplasmic yeast-like organisms. We identified these agents as yeast belonging to the OrderSaccharomycetalesbased on sequence data obtained from the ribosomal RNA operon.
Animal Health and Assurance Division, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, 6909-116 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 4P2 (Ravi); Department of Veterinary Microbiology (Hill, Fernando), and Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Wobeser), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Madhu
M
Ravi
Animal Health and Assurance Division, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, 6909-116 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 4P2 (Ravi); Department of Veterinary Microbiology (Hill, Fernando), and Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Wobeser), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Janet E
JE
Hill
Animal Health and Assurance Division, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, 6909-116 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 4P2 (Ravi); Department of Veterinary Microbiology (Hill, Fernando), and Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Wobeser), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Champika
C
Fernando
Animal Health and Assurance Division, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, 6909-116 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 4P2 (Ravi); Department of Veterinary Microbiology (Hill, Fernando), and Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Wobeser), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Gary
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Wobeser
D000818:Animals; D004372:Ducks; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000302:isolation & purification*