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- Title
QUILL INJURY - CAUSE OF DEATH IN A CAPTIVE INDIAN CRESTED PORCUPINE (HYSTRIX INDICA, KERR, 1792).
- Authors
Švara, Tanja; Zdovc, Irena; Gombač, Mitja; Pogačnik, Milan
- Abstract
Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) is a member of the family of Old World porcupines (Hystricidae). Its body is covered with multiple layers of quills, which serve for warning and attack if animal is threatened. However, the literature data on injuries caused by Indian crested porcupine are absent. We describe pathomorphological lesions in an Indian crested porcupine from the Ljubljana Zoo, which died after a fight with a younger male that caused a perforative quill injury of the thoracic wall, followed by septicaemia. Macroscopic, microscopic and bacteriological findings were detailed.
- Subjects
HYSTRICIDAE; RODENT mortality; RODENT morphology; SEPSIS; VETERINARY bacteriology; ANIMAL attacks
- Publication
Macedonian Veterinary Review, 2015, Vol 38, Issue 1, p119
- ISSN
1409-7621
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14432/j.macvetrev.2015.02.039