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Abdominal Effusion in a Bird
Author(s) -
Caruso Kimberly J.,
Cowell Rick L.,
Meinkoth James H.,
Klaassen James K.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
veterinary clinical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1939-165X
pISSN - 0275-6382
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-165x.2002.tb00291.x
Subject(s) - medicine , veterinary medicine , veterinary pathology , pathology
A 2-year-old female cockatiel was presented for abdominal swelling of 3 weeks duration. The bird appeared otherwise normal. On physical examination, the abdomen was distended, but no masses were palpable. Abdominocentesis was performed, and 0.5 mL of fluid was removed and submitted to Antech Diagnostics for fluid analysis and cytology. The fluid was light yellow and hazy and had a specific gravity of 1.042, a total protein concentration (by refractometry) of 7.4 g/dL, 250 WBC/µL and <10,000 RBC/µL. Direct smears, sediment smears, and cytocentrifuged preparations (Shandon Cytospin II, Shandon Lipshaw, Pittsburgh, Pa, USA; 66 rpm for 6 min) were made for cytologic evaluation (Figure 1). (Continued on next page)