Edwardsiella tarda Causing Septicemia in a Wild Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon)

Honglin Xie; Wei Li; Riteng Zhang; Hui Li; Yanjie Zhang; Ruhai Guo; Jingnan Zhang; Junda Li; Baoping Qing; Wenbin Duan; Xinglong Wang

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-23-00103

Edwardsiella tarda Causing Septicemia in a Wild Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon)

J Wildl Dis. 2024 Jan 1;60(1):232-235. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-23-00103.

Authors

Honglin Xie¹, Wei Li¹, Riteng Zhang¹, Hui Li¹, Yanjie Zhang¹, Ruhai Guo¹, Jingnan Zhang¹, Junda Li¹, Baoping Qing², Wenbin Duan², Xinglong Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
² Shaanxi Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserve Administration, Yang County, Shaanxi, China.

PMID: 37972637
DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-23-00103

Abstract

An adult Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) was found moribund in the Qinling area of China. Postmortem examination and histopathological analysis revealed lung inflammation and multi-organ hemorrhage. Bacterial isolation and whole-genome sequencing confirmed Edwardsiella tarda infection.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Birds / microbiology
China
Edwardsiella tarda*
Sepsis* / veterinary