GASTRIC EROSIVE ULCER SYNDROME STRESS ASSOCIATED IN A Tapirus terrestris. REPORT OF CASE IN VENEZUELA

The aim of this study was to report of gastric ulcer syndrome associated with erosive stress in Venezuela in a Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Sex male, 6 years old with a history of anorexia, depression, collapse, shock and death. It is practical histology (necropsy and histopathology). Under conditions of captivity at the Zoo "El Pinar"; in Caracas, Venezuela. Sections of gastric mucosa were taken in all regions (cardiac, fundic and pyloric), being set at 10% formalin, processed by conventional methods of histological processing. The results were macroscopic gaseous gastric dilation, chronic erosive, gastritis and ulcer focal line type of the cardiac region and of the bottom of the stomach, focal parakeratotic hyperkeratosis in the cardiac region. The histology of gastric mucosa showed erosive gastritis and chronic with ulcer characterized by lymphocytic infiltration in the (lamina propria), with varying degree of exposure of the submucosa. The morphometric study revealed gastric mucosal epithelial loss gastric fundic region. The average damage was 220.21 ± 30.28 µm. In conclusion a case was reported chronic erosive gastritis in a tapir associated with stress.

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Main Authors: Gómez Rivas, MS, Morales Briceño, AA, García, F, Alvizu, E, Chiachio, N, Morales, I
Format: Digital revista
Language:spa
Published: Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata 2010
Online Access:https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/analecta/article/view/12457
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