Maud Lafortune

Identification and Initial Characterization of an Adenovirus Associated With Fatal Hepatic and Lymphoid Necrosis in a Meyer's Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri) (2005)

James F. X. Wellehan, April J. Johnson, Kenneth S. Latimer, Karyn Bischoff, Maud Lafortune, Elliot R. Jacobson

A juvenile Meyer's parrot (Poicephalus meyeri) was presented for acute depression and crop stasis and died. On histopathologic examination, intranuclear inclusion bodies were seen in the liver,...

RESPIRATORY BRONCHOSCOPY OF SUBADULT AMERICAN ALLIGATORS (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS) AND TRACHEAL WASH EVALUATION (2005)

Maud Lafortune, Thomas Göbel, Elliot Jacobson, Darryl Heard, Dan Brown, Rick Alleman, ...

Twelve healthy approximately 3-yr-old captive-born 4.5–9 kg American alligators (Alligator mississipiensis) each had bronchoscopy and tracheal washes performed four times during a 10-mo period to...

PROLIFERATIVE ENTERITIS ASSOCIATED WITH LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS IN A JAPANESE MACAQUE (MACACA FUSCATA) (2004)

Maud Lafortune, James F. X. Wellehan, Elliott R. Jacobson, J. Mitchell Troutman, Connie J. Gebhart, Margaret S. Thompson

A 2.5-yr-old, intact male Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) was observed to have a thickened ileum during exploratory laparotomy. Lawsonia intracellularis–associated proliferative enteritis was...

PYTHIOSIS IN A DROMEDARY CAMEL (CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS) (2004)

James F. X. Wellehan, Lisa L. Farina, Curry G. Keoughan, Maud Lafortune, Amy M. Grooters, Leonel Mendoza, ...

A 4.5-yr-old male dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) was evaluated for a mass on the right side of the face. A complete blood count and blood chemistry revealed anemia and hypoproteinemia....

TRAUMATIC ELBOW LUXATION REPAIR IN A COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY (SAIMIRI SCIUREUS) AND A BONNET MACAQUE (MACACA RADIATA) (2004)

James F. X. Wellehan, Maud Lafortune, Darryl J. Heard

Traumatic elbow luxation was diagnosed in a common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciurus) and a bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata). In the common squirrel monkey, the luxation was complicated by an ulnar...

A VASECTOMY TECHNIQUE FOR EGYPTIAN FRUIT BATS (ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS) (2004)

Maud Lafortune, Sherman O. Canapp Jr., Darryl Heard, Lisa L. Farina

Bats in captivity reproduce well and contraceptive techniques are needed. In initial attempts at vasectomy using a prescrotal approach, it was difficult to identify the mesoductus deferens. The...