A bumblefoot outbreak and fatal septicemia in captive aquatic birds in Brazil

Ciência Rural

Marcus Vinícius Romero Marques¹  José Sérgio De Resende¹  Rogério Venâncio Donatti²  Daniel Ambrózio Da Rocha Vilela²  Roselene Ecco¹  Nelson Rodrigo Da Silva Martins¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Escola de Veterinária Belo Horizonte MG ,Brasil

关键词: aquatic birds;    Bumblefoot;    pododermatitis;    wood duck (Aix sponsa);    scarlet-ibis (Eudocimus ruber);    black-swan (Cygnus atratus);    white-faced duck (Dendrocygna viduata);    roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja);    aves aquáticas;    esparavão;    marreco carolina (Aix sponsa);    guará ou íbis vermelha (Eudocimus ruber);    cisne negro (Cygnus atratus);    marreca piadeira (Dendrocygna viduata);    colhereiro (Platalea ajaja);   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-84782009000600044

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A bumblefoot outbreak with different prognosis according to host species was studied in captive aquatic avian species. Six wood ducks (Aix sponsa), three scarlet-ibis (Eudocimus ruber), two black-swans (Cygnus atratus), five white-faced ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) and two roseate spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) were kept in a common pen with abrasive pavement pond margin, predisposing to podal skin wear. Incoordination and mortality occurred in the two roseate spoonbils and one black swan. Coagulase-positive penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the synovial fluid and from the liver. All birds sharing the pen presented active or cicatricial foot lesions, indicating a possible challenge to the environmental Staphylococci. However, except for the roseate spoonbill and the black swan, which had fatal disease, for all other species the case did not evolve to a clinically debilitating or fatal disease. The different susceptibility to a fatal Staphylococcus aureus coagulase positive infection is discussed.

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