Reperti autoptici e di laboratorio eseguiti su avifauna proveniente dal C.R.A.S. di Vanzago nell'anno 2010
Abstract
Data di Pubblicazione:
2011
Citazione:
Reperti autoptici e di laboratorio eseguiti su avifauna proveniente dal C.R.A.S. di Vanzago nell'anno 2010 / G. Grilli, S. Raimondi, A. Franchi, L. Migliavacca, F. Ciccarelli, V. Ferrazzi, M. Rondena - In: Atti XVI Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia / [a cura di] R. Tinarelli, A. Andreotti, N. Baccetti, L. Melega, F. Roscelli, L. Serra, M. Zenatello. - Cervia : AsOER, 2011 Sep 22. - pp. 554-555 (( Intervento presentato al 16. convegno Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia tenutosi a Cervia nel 2011.
Abstract:
In 2010, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (CRAS) of Vanzago admitted 1942 birds of which
48% was not recovered and died spontaneously or by euthanasia. This research reports only the results of the
diagnostics tests (histology, bacteriology, virology and parasitology) performed on individuals died within
24 hours and involved 125 subjects belonging to different avian species, of these 76.2% died spontaneously.
The pathological lesions have been found in the apparatus of the skin and skeletal muscle (33%), in respiratory
and cardiac system (22%), in the gastrointestinal system (19%) and in urinary tract (11%). It should
be noted that in some cases pulmonary lesions were attributable to inhalation pneumonia (ab ingestis). The
laboratory tests highlighted bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases (ecto-endoparasites) only in 42 subjects
with bacterial infections (14.3%), fungal infections (33.3%), endoparasites (28.6%), ectoparasites (23.8%).
Virological tests were negative. In most cases for bacterial infections were isolated Escherichia coli and
Staphylococcus aureus, two subjects had a systemic infection with Salmonella. In Fungal infections, there
was mainly Aspergillus fumigatus in birds hospitalized for a long time. Endoparasites were found in the
gastrointestinal system (coccidia, roundworms, capillary) but also in the air sacs and in the subcutaneous
tissue with the presence of Laminosioptes cisticola and in other organs, such as the spleen, with the
probable presence of Haemoproteus. Diagnostic tests on the deceased subject could highlight some causes of
illness and mortality due to the environmental contamination (e.g. aspergillosis) or management mistakes
(such as unbalanced diet with excess protein, inhalation pneumonia) and then they could lead to more
effective in animal care in the wildlife rescue centers
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center; wildlife disease; birds; necropsy
Elenco autori:
G. Grilli, S. Raimondi, A. Franchi, L. Migliavacca, F. Ciccarelli, V. Ferrazzi, M. Rondena
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Titolo del libro:
Atti XVI Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia