Postmortem Findings
Category: Wildlife | Date: Feb 25 2007 | By: admin
Topi (female), adult – fibrinous pleuropneumonia, pericarditis and verminous pneumonia (Dictyocaulus viviparous)
Zebra (male), foal –helminthosis, parasitic hepatitis and gastric myasis due to the following species:
- Anaplocephala spp, (tape worm) –gastrointestinal disturbances, anemia, unthriftness, peritonitis and colic.
-Strongylus vulgari – parasitic thrombosis, arteritis, gangrenous enteritis and colic
-Strongylus equines –anemia, emaciation and diarrhea
-Strongylus edentatus –hepatic damage by the migrating larvae
-Gasptrophilus spp (larvae of horse bots) -erosion and ulceration at site of attachment and gastritis

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