Quill injury - cause od death of captive indian crested porcupine(Hystrix indica, Kerr, 1792)
Tanja Švara
*
,
Irena Zdovc
,
Mitja Gombač
,
Milan Pogačnik
Received: 18 November 2014
Received in revised form: 19 January 2015
Accepted: 02 February 2015
Available Online First: 13 February 2015
Published on: 15 March 2015
Correspondence: Tanja Švara, tanja.svara@vf.uni-lj.si
Abstract
Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) is a member of the family of Old World porcupines (Hystricidae). Its body is covered with multiple layers of quills, which serve for warning and attack if animal is threatened. However, the literature data on injuries caused by Indian crested porcupine are absent. We describe pathomorphological lesions in an Indian crested porcupine from the Ljubljana Zoo, which died after a fight with a younger male that caused a perforative quill injury of the thoracic wall, followed by septicaemia. Macroscopic, microscopic and bacteriological findings were detailed.
Keywords: Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica), pathology, quill injury, pleuritis, septicaemia
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Copyright
© 2015 Švara T. This is an open-access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Acknowledgment
The authors wish to thank the ZOO Ljubljana for their cooperation and permission for the publication of data.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declared that they have no potential conflict of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
Citation Information
Macedonian Veterinary Review. Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 119-122, p-ISSN 1409-7621, e-ISSN 1857-7415, DOI: 10.14432/j.macvetrev.2015.02.039, 2015
10.14432/j.macvetrev.2015.02.039
