Sterile traumatic panniculitis in a captive Brent goose

• Published in: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
• Main Authors: Benoit-Biancamano, Marie-Odile, Langlois, Isabelle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2020
• Subjects: General Veterinary; Branta bernicla; Brent goose
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1040638720907586; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1040638720907586; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1040638720907586

A captive, adult female Brent goose ( Branta bernicla) with a history of severe feather picking by its mate, was presented with 0.5–2.5 cm skin nodules on the head and neck. Histologic examination revealed a well-delineated dermal mass that surrounded an intact feather follicle and was composed of lakes of proteinaceous fluid and fibrin with scattered foamy macrophages and multinucleate giant cells. No bacteria or fungi were identified with histology, microbial culture, or PCR. Sterile panniculitis is an infrequent finding in animals and traumatic panniculitis is rarely sterile.