title: A Case of endoscopic retrieval of a long bamboo stick from a Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti).
abstract: An eighteen-month-old female Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) that was 50 cm in length and 4.5 kg in weight was presented with anorexia and vomiting. The hematological and blood biochemical profiles revealed no remarkable findings, and no Salmonella, Shigella or Vibrio spp. were isolated from the fecal culture. However, radiographic imaging revealed a long linear foreign body presenting from the lower esophagus to the stomach. To retrieve this foreign body, flexible endoscopic extraction was performed using flexible rat tooth grasping forceps. A long bamboo stick (29 × 1 cm) was removed from the stomach, and the penguin fully recovered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro 599, Gwanakgu, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
authors.forename: Woo-Sung
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Minho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Hyun Kee
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Byung-Jae
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jung Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jin-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D011859:Radiography; D031787:Sasa; D046429:Spheniscidae / Q000601:surgery*