FATAL ACUTE HEMOLYSIS FOLLOWING TRIAZOLE THERAPY IN AFRICAN PENGUINS ().

Aspergillosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in penguins, with triazole antifungal drugs being commonly used for prophylaxis and treatment. This report describes 15 cases of fatal hemolysis associated with liquid itraconazole and voriconazole formulations administered to African penguins () from four institutions. All penguins underwent stressful events (e.

Infection in a Farmed White-Tailed Deer () in Florida, USA.

A 7-year-old farmed white-tailed deer doe was transported to a Levy County, Florida property and began to decline in health, exhibiting weight loss and pelvic limb weakness. The doe prematurely delivered live twin fawns, both of which later died. The doe was treated with corticosteroids, antibiotics, gastric cytoprotectants, and B vitamins but showed no improvement.

Development of a multiplex real-time quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction for the detection of four bee viruses.

Viruses in the families Dicistroviridae and Iflaviridae are among the main threats to western honey bees (Apis mellifera) and native bee species. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the gold standard for pathogen detection in bees. However, high throughput screening for bee virus infections in singleplex PCR reactions is cumbersome and limited by the high quantities of sample RNA required.

Report of amoebic disease in a colony of Western honey bees ().

The amoeba is the etiologic agent of amoebic (amoeba) disease of Western honey bees (). damages the Malpighian tubules, which is believed to weaken and kill the host bee. Here, the authors describe the detection of this organism in a honey bee colony in the Yukon Territory, Canada.

Divergent Serpentoviruses in Free-Ranging Invasive Pythons and Native Colubrids in Southern Florida, United States.

Burmese python () is an invasive snake that has significantly affected ecosystems in southern Florida, United States. Aside from direct predation and competition, invasive species can also introduce nonnative pathogens that can adversely affect native species. The subfamily (order ) is composed of positive-sense RNA viruses primarily found in reptiles.

Oral, Cloacal, and Hemipenal Actinomycosis in Captive Ball Pythons .

Ball pythons () are one of the most commonly kept and bred reptiles in captivity. In a large ball python breeding colony, a unique syndrome characterized by granulomatous inflammation of the cloaca and hemipenes (phalli) was observed in 140 of 481 (29.1%) breeding males, but only one of 1,446 breeding females.

Case Report: Invasive Pentastomes, (Sambon, 1922), in a Free-Ranging Banded Water Snake () in North Central Florida, USA.

is an obligate, crustacean parasite that resides in the respiratory tract of definitive snake hosts. Common throughout southeastern Asia and Australia, is believed to have been introduced into southern Florida, United States along with Burmese pythons () in the 1990s. While the invasive range of Burmese pythons is restricted to southern Florida, has advanced north in the state in native snake species.