Pollock C G, Sleeman J M, Houle C D, Ramsay E C
Department of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901-1071, USA.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 1999 Jun;30(2):297-300.
Steatitis due to vitamin E deficiency occurred in three 10-wk-old boat-billed herons (Cochlearius cochlearius) despite daily placement of a powdered vitamin supplement on the fish that was subsequently washed off by the parents. Physical findings included emaciation, yellow-brown subcutaneous nodules, a firm distended coelom, stomatitis, and yellow-white, submucosal pharyngeal nodules. Clinical pathology revealed heterophilic leukocytosis, anemia, hypoproteinemia, and low plasma alpha (alpha)-tocopherol levels (1.94 microg/ml and 2.14 microg/ml). Two of the chicks died of severe, diffuse pansteatitis and respiratory aspergillosis.
三只10周龄的船嘴鹭（Cochlearius cochlearius）出现了因维生素E缺乏导致的脂肪炎，尽管每天在喂给亲鸟的鱼上放置了粉末状维生素补充剂，但随后被亲鸟冲洗掉了。体格检查结果包括消瘦、黄棕色皮下结节、腹腔坚实膨胀、口腔炎以及黄白色的黏膜下咽部结节。临床病理学检查显示嗜异性白细胞增多、贫血、低蛋白血症以及血浆α-生育酚水平较低（分别为1.94微克/毫升和2.14微克/毫升）。其中两只雏鸟死于严重的弥漫性全脂肪炎和呼吸道曲霉菌病。
