Peters Martin, Kilwinski Jochen, Wohlsein Peter, Conraths Franz J
Staatliches Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Arnsberg, Germany.
Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 2010 Jan-Feb;123(1-2):63-9.
A 2.5-year old male red-necked wallaby (Macropodus rufogriseus) kept privately in an outdoor enclosure in Germany died with severe jaundice and abdominal enlargement. Post mortem examination revealed ascites, and multiple nodular lesions in liver, diaphragm, omentum, mesentery, spleen, lung, hepatic and thoracic lymph nodes. Histologically, the nodules consisted of predominantly fertile larval tissue of a taeniid cestode, necrosis and granulomatous inflammation. Echinococcus multilocularis infection was confirmed by PCR. Macropodids have therefore to be added to the list of intermediate hosts which can develop alveolar echinococcosis.
一只2.5岁的雄性赤颈袋鼠(Macropodus rufogriseus)私下饲养在德国的一个室外围栏中,因严重黄疸和腹部肿大死亡。尸检发现有腹水,肝脏、膈肌、网膜、肠系膜、脾脏、肺、肝门和纵隔淋巴结有多个结节性病变。组织学检查显示,这些结节主要由细粒棘球绦虫的有育幼虫组织、坏死和肉芽肿性炎症组成。通过聚合酶链反应(PCR)确诊为多房棘球绦虫感染。因此,有袋类动物必须被列入可发生肺泡型棘球蚴病的中间宿主名单。