2000 Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 93-97
Some systematic pathological examinations of a dead domesticated crested ibis were carried out. Some characteristic pathological symptoms were found in liver and lung showing many tuberculosis-like features, being associated with liver cell degeneration, pneumon-congestion, pneumohemorrhagia, epithelium cells degeneration of tubuli tenales, interstitial hephritis, kidney hemorrhage and enteritis. Pathological examinations strongly indicated typical tuberculosis of Crested ibis. These pathological observations suggest some relationship between population size and survivability of captivated Crested ibis. The reason for these phenomena should be clarified in order to increase the number of this species in wild conditions.
