Frasca S, Khan M I
Department of Pathobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-3089, USA.
Avian Dis. 1997 Apr-Jun;41(2):475-80.
Multiple intussusceptions of the small intestine were identified in a 4-mo-old rhea (Rhea americana) that died acutely after chronically poor growth. The chick was one of a group of 12 chicks that exhibited musculoskeletal deformities, poor growth, and subsequent death. Gross necropsy findings of this chick revealed proventricular impaction by sticks and stones accompanied by multiple intussusceptions of the small intestine. This finding identifies a disease process that may afflict ratites when raised for production and that may complicate treatment of proventricular impaction.
在一只4月龄的美洲鸵鸟（美洲鸵鸟属）中发现了多处小肠套叠，这只鸵鸟在长期生长不良后急性死亡。这只雏鸟是一组12只雏鸟中的一只，这些雏鸟表现出肌肉骨骼畸形、生长不良并随后死亡。这只雏鸟的大体尸检结果显示腺胃被棍棒和石块堵塞，并伴有多处小肠套叠。这一发现确定了一种在养殖生产中的鸵鸟可能会患有的疾病过程，并且可能使腺胃堵塞的治疗复杂化。
