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It is common to have a bird that appears clinically healthy prior to acute death.

It is common to have a bird that appears clinically healthy prior to acute death.

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|l1=Iron Storage Disease - Birds

|q2=What are the most likely gross postmortem findings?

|q2=What are the most likely gross postmortem findings?

|a2= Hepatomegaly (often with a definite bronzed to bluish hue). Other organs are generally unremarkable.

|a2= Hepatomegaly (often with a definite bronzed to bluish hue). Other organs are generally unremarkable.

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|l2=Iron Storage Disease - Birds#Diagnosis

|q3= What one specific tissue would be the most likely to demonstrate the cause of death?

|q3= What one specific tissue would be the most likely to demonstrate the cause of death?

|a3= The liver is the predominant and frequently the only organ to be affected. Iron deposition can occasionally be noted in the spleen, kidney, lung, pancreas and intestine.

|a3= The liver is the predominant and frequently the only organ to be affected. Iron deposition can occasionally be noted in the spleen, kidney, lung, pancreas and intestine.

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|l3=Iron Storage Disease - Birds#Diagnosis

|q4= What other tissues might demonstrate characteristic changes in the bird?

|q4= What other tissues might demonstrate characteristic changes in the bird?

|a4= Only rarely will iron pigment be identified in tissues other than the liver but these could include kidney, pancreas, intestine and lung, in that order of decreasing frequency of involvement.

|a4= Only rarely will iron pigment be identified in tissues other than the liver but these could include kidney, pancreas, intestine and lung, in that order of decreasing frequency of involvement.

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|l4=Iron Storage Disease - Birds#Diagnosis

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