CASE 2: CAPTIVE DIK-DIKKristen BaumannChristie Kranz

Madoqua guentheri smithi

African dik-dik Family Bovidae Small antelope found in Ethiopia, Kenya,

Uganda, and Sudan 12-16 in at shoulder Elongated snout used

for cooling Prefer areas that are

over-grazed or disturbed

Protozoan Infections of African Ungulates Toxoplasmosis

Babesiosis

African Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness)

Case

7 year old female dik-dik born in zoo Lethargic, trembling, lacking motor

coordination Thin and dehydrated, labored breathing Thoracic radiographs showed possible

interstitial pneumonia Blood collected, given antibiotics and

vitamins Became increasingly weaker, died next day

Necropsy

Lungs filled with fluid, covered with spots, bilaterally uniform

Enlarged lymph nodes, fat atrophied, small intestine was bleeding

Fig. 1. Lesions in the reticulum (A-C) of dik-dik. Foci of inflammation, large arrows. Protozoa in submucosa (small arrows) and mucosa (arrowheads).

Fig. 2. Lesions in lung. (A) Edema and infiltration of mononuclear cells in alveoli. (B) Several groups and individual protozoa (arrows). (C-D) Tissue cysts.

Toxoplasmosis