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Hepatic steatosis in six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus, 1758) / Esteatose hepática em tatu-peba (Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus, 1758)

Silva, Andrezza Braga Soares da; Rizzo, Marcia dos Santos; Viloria-Petit, Alicia; Conde Junior, Airton Mendes.
Biota Neotrop. (Online, Ed. ingl.); 18(1): e20180442, 2018. graf
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS-Express | ID: biblio-1038848
Abstract The six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) stands out among wild mammals due to the rare occurrence of spontaneous metabolic diseases. When altered, the liver, which is important in metabolism, may trigger a dysfunctional cascade, leading to hepatic steatosis. Here we describe a case of hepatic steatosis in a six-banded armadillo living in captivity. The female specimen was captured and donated to the Federal University of Piaui under SISBIO authorization nº53303. The animal was first referred for a veterinary clinical evaluation, and then euthanized following the ethical standards of the Federal Council of Veterinary Medicine. At the start of the dissection, the abdominal cavity was accessed and sections of all ex situ liver lobes, spleen and mandibular lymph node were subjected to routine histological processing; the results were photo documented. The anatomic and histopathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis, which we propose is related to an infectious process as a result of the changes observed in the organs of the lymphoid system. This report of fatty liver disease in armadillo suggests an acute infectious process with lymphoid system involvement.
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