Aspergilosis en pelicano pardo (pelecanus occidentalis), reporte de caso

Abstract

The case addressed by a patient Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), 11 years old, who reported his caregiver had spent four days without consuming food, for this reason he was referred to the FZC veterinary clinic. On clinical examination, it was observed that the patient presented a body condition 1/5, secretion in the left choana and desquamation in the region of the ranfoteca, dehydration of 8%, constant tremors, pharyngeal irritation, diarrhea and urate accumulations in the urine. A case of enteritis with an unknown etiology was taken as a differential diagnosis, for which a hematological and coprological picture was made. The measurements of the blood picture showed values in the normal ranges and the coprological was negative for gastrointestinal and protozoan parasites. Due to the non-confirmation of the etiology, the patient was treated as an undetermined enteritis, using antibiotics and antiprotozoals; after the days, there was no evidence of improvement of the patient with said treatment, for this reason the possibility that the patient was presenting a fungal infection with unspecific symptoms was contemplated. Treatment was established for fungi and it was expected to evaluate the effectiveness, however the patient died two days after the treatment was established. At necropsy, velvety green structures and whitish and yellowish nodules were observed at the level of the air sacs, among other findings which were compatible with a systemic picture by Aspergillus spp.