Copper Poisoning in a Reindeer (<i>Rangifertarandus</i>)

• OGAWA Akihiro

  Chuou Animal Health and Hygiene Service Center

• SHIBAHARA Tomoyuki

  National Institute of Animal Health

• ICHIKAWA Shinichi

  Chiba Zoological Park

• OOHASHI Tsutai

  National Institute of Animal Health

• SATO Shigenori

  Chuou Animal Health and Hygiene Service Center

• MURAKAMI Satoshi

  Tokyo University of Agriculture

• KUBO Masanori

  National Institute of Animal Health

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• トナカイ(<i>Rangifer tarandus</i>)の銅中毒

Abstract

A seven-year-two-month-old male reindeer showed soft feces for several days, and suddenly died at a zoo in Chiba Prefecture in July 2003. Macroscopically, the liver was dark brown. Histopathologically, small necrotic foci were accompanied by degenerated neutrophils in the liver, and many Kupffer cells contained abundant hemosiderin. In addition, numerous copper stain-positive granules and small vacuoles were prominent in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes. The copper contents in liver, kidney and blood were 266.6 ppm, 21.7 ppm and 197.75μg/dl, respectively. These levels were apparently higher than those in the healthy reindeer and/or sheep. This reindeer was diagnosed as a case of copper poisoning.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

  Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 12 (1), 71-76, 2007

  Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords

• copper poisoning
• hemosiderin
• reindeer(Rangifer tarandus)

Details

• CRID: 1390001204488321664
• NII Article ID: 110006277190
• NII Book ID: AA11366156
• DOI: 10.5686/jjzwm.12.71
• ISSN: 2185744X
• ISSN: 13426133
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjzwm/12/1/12_KJ00004593280/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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