一例华南虎便秘并发胃肠炎的诊治

A Case of Diagnosis and Treatment of Constipation Caused by Gastroenteritis in a South China Tiger

便秘并发胃肠炎在临床上属消化系统疾病,本病草食动物多发,也常见于猪、犬、猫等,华南虎该类疾病未见有报导。2014年3月,韶关华南虎繁育研究基地谱系号485雄性华南虎(Panthera tigris amoyensis),发病初期精神状态不佳、食欲逐渐减退至废绝,患虎一周不能排便导致有弓背疑似腹痛现象,饮水次数增加,体毛较乱,常在虎舍一角躺卧,较少走动,身体明显消瘦。治疗后首次排出一层黏膜包裹的干硬粪便,里面有较多未消化的草和动物毛发,随后几天排便量少,糊状,被诊为便秘并发胃肠炎疾病,经通便,扩菌消炎,养肝护胃,口服、肌注和虎舍灭菌消毒相结合的综合治疗,使患虎病情得到及时治愈,患虎3 d后开始进食,食量逐步增加,15 d食欲和粪便恢复正常,达到良好治疗效果。本病例的报道对华南虎乃至其他虎种的饲养管理及该类疾病的防治具有参考作用。

Constipation due to gastroenteritis is a clinical disease of the digestive system,which is common in herbivores and also found in swine,dogs,and cats,but not reported in south China tiger（Panthera tigris amoyensis）.In March 2014,a male south China tiger.ID 485 at Shaoguan South China Tiger Breeding Research Center,was found sick.It showed poor mental state and loss of appetite,and finally stopped eating.It did not defecate for a week,showed suspected abdominal pain,and increased water intake.It did not groom its pelage,was often lying at the corner of the enclosure,and suffered loss of body weight.After treatment,it defecates dry feces with a layer of mucous membrane together with undigested grass and animal hair.It then defecated less in coming days,and the feces became more liquid.The ailment was diagnosed as constipation due to gastroenteritis.The tiger recovered after treatment of purgation,antibiotic,nourishing the liver and stomach,oral medicine,intramuscular injection,and sterilization of the enclosure.The tiger started to eat on day three of treatment and thereafter its appetite increased until appetite and feces became normal on day 15.This report of the disease in a south China tiger is helpful for captive rearing of other tigers and the prevention of this disease.