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First detection of adiaspiromycosis in the lungs of a deer |
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| Authors: | Kazuya MATSUDA Hinako NIKI Airo YUKAWA Mitsuhiro YANAGI Kousaku SOUMA Takayoshi MASUKO Hiroyuki TANIYAMA |
| Affiliation: | 1)Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069–8501, Japan;2)Department of Bioproduction, Faculty of Bioindustry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099–2493, Japan |
| Abstract: | Adiaspiromycosis is a pulmonary infection caused by the soil fungi, Emmonsia crescens and E. parva. It primarily affects small mammals and can range from an asymptomatic condition to fatal disseminated disease. We detected a granuloma containing fungal spherules, which were morphologically consistent with the adiaspores of E. crescens in the lungs of a female Hokkaido sika deer. This is the first reported case of adiaspiromycosis involving a cervid in the world. |
| Keywords: | adiaspiromycosis Emmonsia crescens Hokkaido sika deer |