A 16-year-old male cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) was diagnosed with liver disease on the basis of clinical signs, results of biochemical analyses, and radiographic evidence of hepatomegaly. The bird died shortly after a plasma transfusion while it was anesthetized for a liver biopsy. Postmortem examination revealed ascites, which was localized to the right and left ventral hepatic peritoneal cavities, forming discrete fluid-filled sacs around each lobe of the liver. This fluid had mimicked hepatomegaly radiographically; the liver was actually discolored, firm, and shrunken. Light microscopic findings were consistent with hepatic cirrhosis. The etiology of the hepatic cirrhosis was not determined.
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1 December 2002
Localized Ascites in a Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) With Hepatic Cirrhosis
Colette L. Wheler,
Rodney A. Webber
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Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Vol. 16 • No. 4
December 2002
Vol. 16 • No. 4
December 2002
ascites
Avian
cockatiel
hepatic cirrhosis
hepatic fibrosis
Nymphicus hollandicus
peritoneal cavities