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Sanchez JN, Summa NME, Visser LC, Norvall A, Sheley MF, Guzman DSM. Ventricular septal defect and congestive heart failure in a common degu ( Octodon degus). J Exot Pet Med 2019; 31:32-35. [PMID: 32831811 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2019.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
We report a case of ventricular septal defect causing congestive heart failure in a two-year-old, male common degu (Octodon degus). The patient presented for anorexia and dental disease, and a grade 4/6 holosystolic cardiac murmur was detected on physical exam. Thoracic radiographs showed cardiomegaly and a diffuse interstitial pulmonary pattern, consistent with congestive heart failure. Echocardiography was supportive of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect exhibiting low-velocity left-to-right shunting, and biatrial enlargement. These diagnoses were confirmed on post-mortem exam, along with pulmonary edema and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, degeneration, and regeneration. This is the first published account of a ventricular septal defect and congestive heart failure in a degu.
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- Jessica N Sanchez
- William M. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California Davis, 1 Garrod Drive, Davis, CA 95616 U.S.A
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- William M. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California Davis, 1 Garrod Drive, Davis, CA 95616 U.S.A
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- William M. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California Davis, 1 Garrod Drive, Davis, CA 95616 U.S.A
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- William M. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, University of California Davis, 1 Garrod Drive, Davis, CA 95616 U.S.A
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- William M. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California Davis, 1 Garrod Drive, Davis, CA 95616 U.S.A
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- William M. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital; Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, 1 Garrod Drive, Davis, CA 95616 U.S.A
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Zafalon-Silva B, Soares FAC, Pavarini SP, Goulart MDA, Snel GGM, González FHD, Vaz DB, Lopes BC, Oliveira MADS, Alievi MM. Bacterial endocarditis and increased cardiac troponin I levels in a brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba clamitans) with an interventricular septal defect. J Med Primatol 2018; 48:129-132. [PMID: 30411359 DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Revised: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
A brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba clamitans) was presented with lethargy, hyporexia, cough and heart murmur. The complementary tests and necropsy revealed pleuropneumonia, bacterial endocarditis and interventricular septal defect. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of increased cardiac troponin I levels in this species.
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- Bruna Zafalon-Silva
- Clinical Veterinary Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Setor de Patologia Veterinária, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Setor de Patologia Veterinária, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Setor de Patologia Veterinária, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Clinical Veterinary Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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