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1 January 2010 Lysosomal Storage Disease in Two Presumed-Related Springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis)
Sébastien Laurent, Anne-Sophie Sabot, Marie-Anne Colle, Alexandra Nicolier
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Abstract

In April 2007, two newborn springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis) from a zoo of southern France were found dead. Necropsy was performed on the two animals and revealed arthrogryposis, mild facial structural abnormalities, and bilateral enlargement of the kidneys with concurrent hydronephrosis in both newborns. Histopathologically, extensive cytoplasmic vacuolation of neurons in the central nervous system, thyroid follicular epithelium, renal tubular epithelium, enterocytes, hepatocytes, and ruminal epithelial cells was the most remarkable lesion in both animals. By electron microscopy, the vacuoles were membrane bound and contained scattered membranous and granular material within a primarily electron-lucent background. Hence, a diagnosis of lysosomal storage disease was established, with gross, histological, and ultrastructural features suggestive of an inherited form of mannosidosis. This report documents the first case of lysosomal storage disease in springboks.

Sébastien Laurent, Anne-Sophie Sabot, Marie-Anne Colle, and Alexandra Nicolier "Lysosomal Storage Disease in Two Presumed-Related Springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 41(1), 104-110, (1 January 2010). https://doi.org/10.1638/2009-0119.1
Received: 9 June 2009; Published: 1 January 2010
KEYWORDS
Antidorcas marsupialis
brain
kidney
lysosomal storage disease
mannosidosis
springbok
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