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Fatal Enteritis in a Tiger caused by Physaloptera praeputialis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

A. J. Harrison
Affiliation:
Consulting Physician to the Bristol General Hospital
I. Walker Hall
Affiliation:
Professor of Pathology, University College, Bristol, and Pathologist to the Royal Infirmary, Bristol.

Extract

A male Malay tiger was brought to the Clifton Zoological Gardens in July, 1908. He was then very thin and fed badly. After a time he settled down in his new quarters, and ate his food with greater relish. He appeared to be in good health and his coat was sleek and fine, but he never jumped or played in the usual way of his species. On February 4th he vomited, and had a severe attack of diarrhoea. His breathing became less abdominal and more thoracic in character, and death occurred two days later.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1909

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