| Abstract: | We describe a case of erysipelas in a free-ranging endangered Hawaiian crow. The partially scavenged carcass exhibited gross emaciation and petechial hemorrhages in both lungs. Microscopy revealed multiple necrotic loci associated with gram-positive rods in the liver and adrenal, diffuse acute proximal tubular necrosis of kidney, diffuse necrosis and inflammation of proventricular mucosa associated with gram-positive rods, and multiple intravascular aggregates of gram-positive rods associated with thrombi. Culture of the kidney revealed the bacterium to be Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. The implications of this finding to free-ranging crows remain unclear. |
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| Citation Author: | Work, T. M.; Ball, D.; Wolcott, M. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Avian Diseases |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Erysipelas in a free-ranging Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis); 1999; Article; Journal; Avian Diseases; Work, T. M.; Ball, D.; Wolcott, M. |
| Citation Start Page: | 338 |
| Citation Volume: | 43 |
| Citation Year: | 1999 |
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| Text: | Erysipelas in a free-ranging Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis); 1999; Article; Journal; Avian Diseases; Work, T. M.; Ball, D.; Wolcott, M. |
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| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:00 -0600 |
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