Inanition in a Derby eland due to foreign body abomasitis
Van Rensburg, I.B.; Ebedes, H.
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 55(2): 75-76
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 1019-9128 PMID: 6387117 Document Number: 230296
An adult Derby eland bull, Taurotragus derbianus (Grey) kept in captivity showed wasting over a period of 3 months. It died from acute inhalation pneumonia while being transported in an immobilized state. Post mortem examination revealed a chronic ulcerative abomasitis. Histopathologically it was established that the abomasitis resulted from penetration of the mucosa by awns of plant material.