Dermatological diseases in lizards

Hellebuyck, Tom; Pasmans, Frank; Haesebrouck, Freddy; Martel, An

doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.02.001

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“…Salmonella was found to be the most common Gram-negative bacteria in snakes with pneumonia (Schmidt et al, 2013). and Peptostreptococcus spp., can cause dermatitis following external injuries, such as bite lesions, scratches, and abrasions, or septicemia (Hellebuyck et al, 2012). Morganella morganii has been associated with aural abscess in turtles (Joyner et al, 2006) (Fig.…”

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Biology and Diseases of Reptiles

O’Rourke

Lertpiriyapong

2015

Laboratory Animal Medicine

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“…Ivermectin (0.2 mg/kg IM, SQ, PO every 2 weeks; and topically, 0.5 ml of 10% solution/quart water for 10 days) has been recommended (Hellebuyck et al, 2012). All infected and exposed reptiles, as well as the environment, should be included in the treatment regimen.…”

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Biology and Diseases of Reptiles

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Lertpiriyapong

2015

Laboratory Animal Medicine

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“…8(2): 224-228 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Following morphological identification, 16S rRNA sequencing is necessary to confirm the identity of the obtained isolate as D. agamarum . Skin disease in lizards and in other reptiles is primarily the result of inappropriate management in captivity, leading to secondary infection (Hellebuyck et al, 2012). A few pathogens such as D. agamarum, however, may act as primary etiological agents.…”

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“…Devriesea agamarum infection in the male spiny-tailed lizard presented in this case report was limited to the skin and no radiological, hematological or biochemical abnormalities indicative for systemic infection could be demonstrated. Other agents that might cause identical skin disease as seen for D. agamarum should be properly excluded (Hellebuyck et al, 2012;Schmidt-Ukaj et al, 2014). Especially, dermatophytosis caused by Nannizziopsis spp.…”

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Devriesea agamarum associated cheilitis in a North African spiny-tailed lizard (<i>Uromastyx acanthinura</i>) in Spain

Gallego¹,

Juan‐Sallés²,

Hellebuyck³

2018

Open Vet J.

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An 11-year-old, male North African spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx acanthinura) was presented with hyperkeratotic cheilitis. Based on clinical examination, histology and microbiological testing, Devriesea agamarum was identified as the causative agent of the dermal disorder. Moreover, an abundant culture of D. agamarum was obtained following sampling of the oral cavity. Cheilitis was present for three years in the spiny-tailed lizard and during the first year of that period the lizard was housed together with an ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus), an Algerian orange-tailed skink (Eumeces algeriensis) and a female U. acanthinura. The latter lizard showed signs of chronic dermatitis and had deceased approximately 2.5 years prior to initial presentation of the male dab lizard because of renal failure. The other cohabiting lizards showed no dermal lesions and D. agamarum could not be demonstrated following dermal, cloacal and oral sampling. Recurrence of the bacterial skin infection was observed following a first antimicrobial treatment. This was considered to result from failure to eliminate the bacterium from the treated dab lizard or re-infection from the environment or asymptomatic carriers. A second treatment, including disinfection of the enclosure with house-hold bleach 0.1%, weekly mechanical debridement of the crusty lesion and treatment with ceftazidime at 20 mg/kg intramuscularly every 72 hours for 57 days resulted in resolution of the skin lesions, elimination of D. agamarum from the oral cavity based on repetitive microbiological sampling and no recurrence of the lesions during a 31 month follow up period. The present case is the first report of devrieseasis in Spain and highlights the importance of a multidirectional diagnostic and therapeutic approach towards controlling devrieseasis in captive lizard collections. Several disease aspects such as persistency are discussed in the light of the contemporary available literature.

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“…Voornamelijk UVB-straling (golflengte: 280-320 nm) is belangrijk bij de synthese van vitamine D3 die op haar beurt van belang is voor de calciumhuishouding. Wanneer de UV-belichting bij in gevangenschap gehouden reptielen inadequaat is, leidt dit dikwijls tot het optreden van vitamine D-deficiëntie met als gevolg het ontwikkelen van nutritionele secundaire hyperparathyroïdie (Hoppmann en Barron, 2007;Hellebuyck et al, 2012;Wilkinson, 2015;Judah en Nuttall, 2016). In een retrospectieve studie van Heckers en Aupperle (2014) werd echter gesuggereerd dat er een correlatie bestaat tussen de ontwikkeling van chromatoforoma's bij reptielen en artificiële UV-belichting.…”

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Chromatoforoma’s bij reptielen

Lanckneus¹,

Martel²,

Bosseler³

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Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift

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Neoplasieën van de pigmentcellen of chromatoforen bij reptielen worden naargelang hun oorsprong geclassificeerd als melanoforoma’s, iridoforoma’s, xantoforoma’s, erytroforoma’s of gemengde chromatoforoma’s. In tegenstelling tot wat oorspronkelijk verondersteld werd, komen deze primaire, cutane neoplasieën regelmatig voor bij in gevangenschap gehouden reptielen. Melanoforoma’s en iridoforoma’s worden het meest frequent vastgesteld. Een definitieve diagnose van chromatoforoma’s wordt bekomen door middel van histologisch onderzoek. Aanvullend is immunohistochemie of elektronenmicroscopie soms noodzakelijk om chromatoforoma’s onderling te differentiëren. Complete chirurgische excisie wordt beschouwd als de voorkeursbehandeling. Vanwege de uitgesproken maligniteit en neiging tot metastasering is de prognose van chromatoforoma’s bij reptielen over het algemeen echter sterk gereserveerd. Een vroegtijdige en correcte diagnose van deze neoplastische aandoening bij reptielen is daarom van primordiaal belang. In dit artikel wordt een overzicht gegeven van de huidige kennis omtrent het voorkomen, het biologisch gedrag, de pathogenese en de diagnostische en therapeutische benadering van chromatoforoma’s bij reptielen met de nadruk op melano- en iridoforoma’s.

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Dermatological diseases in lizards

Cited by 29 publications

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Biology and Diseases of Reptiles

Biology and Diseases of Reptiles

Devriesea agamarum associated cheilitis in a North African spiny-tailed lizard (<i>Uromastyx acanthinura</i>) in Spain

Chromatoforoma’s bij reptielen

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