Sterile traumatic panniculitis in a captive Brent goose.

Sterile traumatic panniculitis in a captive Brent goose.:

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Sterile traumatic panniculitis in a captive Brent goose.

J Vet Diagn Invest. 2020 Feb 26;:1040638720907586

Authors: Benoit-Biancamano MO, Langlois I

Abstract

A captive, adult female Brent goose (Branta bernicla) with a history of severe feather picking by its mate, was presented with 0.5-2.5 cm skin nodules on the head and neck. Histologic examination revealed a well-delineated dermal mass that surrounded an intact feather follicle and was composed of lakes of proteinaceous fluid and fibrin with scattered foamy macrophages and multinucleate giant cells. No bacteria or fungi were identified with histology, microbial culture, or PCR. Sterile panniculitis is an infrequent finding in animals and traumatic panniculitis is rarely sterile.

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