BLASTOMYCOSIS IN AN AFRICAN LION

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 177  (9) , 842-844
Abstract
Using fluorescent antibody techniques, B. dermatitidis was identified in pyogranulomatous lesions in the lungs, mediastinum, trachea, and cerebrum of an African lion (P. leo). Clinical signs included anorexia and dry inspiratory rales. Signs of nervous system dysfunction were not reported prior to death, even though a large lesion was found in the cerebrum at necrospy. The lion was shipped from a geographic area where B. dermatitidis infection is endemic. It was evident from histologic studies that organisms were being shed from lesions in the trachea into the environment. The organism could not be cultured because freezing apparently destroyed its viability.

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