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POST MORTEM REPORT DATE

March 2, 1988

SPECIES: Pseudorca

erassidens

OWNER: Sea Lite Park

ANIMAL: Makapuu.• s baby

HISTORY: Animal was born at Sea Life Park in May, 1986. For a period some time ago, the water had been treated with copper sulfate at a level of 0.1 ppm. The past three months the water has been treated with chlorine at a level ot 0.3 ppm. Other than an eye problem--right eye olosed--for the last three months he did not show any signs of illness . Prior to and during that period, however, his mother had two episodes of inappetance, developed eye problems , and was given oral antibiotic medication . On the morning of the day before his death, he was seen floating high in the water, and appeared somewhat disoriented. However, he was able to maneuver around the tank and continued to do some some normal behaviors. , A twenty four hour watch was es t ablished. The same behav ior continued and he did not nurse . The mother was very attenti v e , encouraging swimming and ass isting if he seemed to be in any trouble. "'

He appeared more disoriented shortly before death, and died mi d mo r ning without much warning and with a minimum of agonal signs .

Some difficulty was encountered removing the body from the tank, as the mother was protective . This was accomplished early afternoon, and the post mortem was conducted several hours

EXTERNAL EX.AMINATION: Data on weight and various meas urements were taken for scientific information. No remarkable lesions or abnormalities were noted . INTERNAL EXAMINATION:

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM : Heart: · Right ventricular musculature appeared th _ small amount of fluid wa s present in the Vasculature: Lymph :

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M!SO!LLAN!OUS: ApproYimately l liter of a clear, yellow was present in th9 abdomi al cavity. Some body fat was ent, most noticeable around t he k i dneys . BACTERIOLOGY & Swabs for bac teriologi ca l and tissues for histopathology were obtained. The laboratory and pathologists' reports are attached.

REMARKS :

Preliminary findings indi c ated pancreat i c and possibl e liver abnormalities. Bacteriologi c al f i ndi ngs were essentially negative. The data from t i ssue analysis pinpoint t he cause of dea t h as a relative rapid and e e nsi ve destruction of pancreat ic t i ssue . No cause was found. Thi Jndition also i n othe r an j ma l s and man, and the cause is not .

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SYSTEM:

Sinuses:

Not examined(NE)

Trachea:

Some frothy material in the trachea and bronchi.

Lungs:

NR

ALIMENTARY SYSTEM: Mouth: · !ight teeth per side, upper and 10 teeth per side on lower. The second tooth from the front, lower both sides, had not yet erupted. Esophagus:

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Stomach: The forestomach containea sloughed stomach lining but no food material. The glandular stomach was not remarkable. Small Intestine: Distended with gas. The mucosa of the duodenum at the pyloric dilitation contained numerous 1-2 mm in diameter black/grey areas. Large intestine: Spleen:

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Liver: Almost the entire organ was a yellow color, some small areas of normal color, and one large portion appeared to have a greenish hue.

Enlarged, firm, irregular. Inflammatory reaction associated next to A large blood vessel coursing through the substance of this organ had an organized clot(thrombosis?) in the lumen. One area 1 appeared to contain a sma 1l amount of purulent materia l. Pancreas:

UROLOGIC:

Kidneys: Left kidney contained a thick yellow purulen t(?) fluid in one small area. Bladder: REPRODUCTIVE:

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DATE SPECIMEN

P.crassiden s 'N a.t,·apuu 's Bab y'

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Dr. David B. Nackay DUNER 45-480 Kaneohe Bay Dr. Ka n e ohe .• 1-/awa i i PATHOLOG)J

DIAGNOSIS

Sea

L.ive Park

RE PON. T

Pancreatic Necrosis

CONNENT

There is some autolytic c h a ng e particularly 1n apparent pancreatic intestina l tissues. Th e pan creas shows diffuse fibri n o id · necrQ sis. No evide n t normal parenchyma ca n be identified. The diffuse fatty met aplasia found in the liver is a secondary fea ture associated with sub-acute and chron ic pancreatic disease.

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