Gastrointestinal Obstruction in Penguin Chicks

David Perpiñán; Thomas G. Curro

doi:10.1647/1082-6742-23.4.290

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David Perpiñán, Thomas G. Curro^*

^*From the Center for Conservation and Research, Henry Doorly Zoo, 3701 South 10th Street, Omaha, NE 68107, USA.Present address: Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery (Zoological Medicine), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA (Perpiñán); 4 Leonardville Road, Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716, USA (Curro).

Abstract

A 7-day-old gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) was found dead and postmortem examination revealed impaction of the ventriculus with feathers. A review of mortality in gentoo penguin chicks from 1997 to 2007 at that institution revealed another case of feather impaction of the ventriculus in a 4-week-old chick, a sibling of the previous chick. A third case of gastrointestinal impaction occurred in a 24-day-old king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with omphallitis and enteritis. In this chick, a fibrin mat produced a complete obstruction of the intestine at the level of Meckeĺ's diverticulum.

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David Perpiñán and Thomas G. Curro "Gastrointestinal Obstruction in Penguin Chicks," Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 23(4), 290-293, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.1647/1082-6742-23.4.290

Published: 1 December 2009

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