Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tisljar, Marina
• Janić, D
• Grabarević, Z
• Simpraga, Borka
• Marinculić, A
• Pinter, Ljiljana
• Janicki, Z
• Nemanic, Ankica

Titel

Stress-induced Cushing's syndrome in fur-chewing chinchillas

Ist Teil von

• Acta veterinaria Hungarica (Budapest. 1983), 2002-01, Vol.50 (2), p.133-142

Ort / Verlag

Hungary

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• One of the most serious problems in the chinchilla industry is 'fur-chewing', when the chinchilla bites off areas of its own or some other animal's fur. The condition generally develops in both genders at the age of 6-8 months. In chinchilla farms in Croatia an incidence of 15-20% has been observed. A pathomorphological, microbiological and parasitological investigation was conducted on eleven 6- to 11-month-old chinchillas of both sexes with clinical symptoms of 'fur-chewing' and three chinchillas without such signs. Histopathology of the adrenal glands and of the chewed skin revealed changes typical of Cushing's syndrome in 'fur-chewed' chinchillas, such as hyperkeratinisation of the epidermis, epidermal atrophy, pronounced follicular and sebaceous gland atrophy, hyperkeratinisation of the follicles with comedo formations and the presence of calcium salts in subcutis.