Delayed peracute capture myopathy in a Himalayan Ibex Capra sibirica (Mammalia: Cetartiodactyla: Bovidae)

Authors

  • Umar Nazir Zahid Department of Wildlife Protection Kashmir
  • Latief Mohammad Dar Department of Animal Husbandry, Kashmir
  • Umar Amin Division of Veterinary Pathology, Shere-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Kashmir
  • Showkat Shah Division of Veterinary Pathology, Shere-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Kashmir
  • Rashid Yahya Naqash Department of Wildlife Protection, Kashmir
  • Dil Mohammad Makhdoomi Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Shere-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Kashmir
  • Shoaib Kamil Division of Veterinary Pathology, Shere-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Kashmir 191121
  • Intesar Suhail Department of Wildlife Protection, Kashmir

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3899.10.10.12363-12367

Keywords:

Ibex, Endangered, Capture myopathy

Abstract

The present study focused on the capture myopathy as a fatal consequence of capture and rescue operation in an endangered Himalayan Ibex kid. The Ibex died 48 hours after being captured without showing specific clinical signs.  Post-mortem examination revealed renal cortical necrosis, degeneration of tubular cells and congestion as the main histopathological findings in kidneys. Myocardial lesions consisted of multifocal degenerative changes of myofibres, hyalinization and nuclear degeneration with pyknosis. Skeletal muscles that appeared grossly normal showed mild to moderate degeneration and fragmentation with intermittent loss of striation. The pathological findings were indicative of delayed peracute capture myopathy. This is believed to be the first report of capture myopathy in an endangered Himalayan ibex from India underlining the importance of understanding the causes of mortality in such endangered wild species as a prerequisite to successful conservation programme.

Downloads

Published

26-09-2018

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 10 (2018)

Section

Short Communications

License

Authors own the copyright to the articles published in JoTT.  This is indicated explicitly in each publication. The authors grant permission to the publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society to publish the article in the Journal of Threatened Taxa. The authors recognize WILD as the original publisher, and to sell hard copies of the Journal and article to any buyer. JoTT is registered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which allows authors to retain copyright ownership.  Under this license the authors allow anyone to download, cite, use the data, modify, reprint, copy and distribute provided the authors and source of publication are credited through appropriate citations (e.g., Son et al. (2016). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the southeastern Truong Son Mountains, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(7): 8953–8969. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2785.8.7.8953-8969). Users of the data do not require specific permission from the authors or the publisher.