Sand Enteropathy in a Free-Ranging Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) from Florida, USA

Stilz, C. Robert; Pritchett, Margaret E.; Hardman, Rebecca H.; Nemeth, Nicole M.

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-24-00074

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Sand Enteropathy in a Free-Ranging Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) from Florida, USA

C. Robert Stilz;

C. Robert Stilz

¹Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia, 589 D.W. Brooks Drive, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA

²Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 501 D.W. Brooks Drive, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA

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Margaret E. Pritchett;

Margaret E. Pritchett

³Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA

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Rebecca H. Hardman;

Rebecca H. Hardman

⁴Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 100 8th Avenue SE, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA

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Nicole M. Nemeth

Nicole M. Nemeth ⁵

¹Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia, 589 D.W. Brooks Drive, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA

²Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 501 D.W. Brooks Drive, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA

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J Wildl Dis (2024) 60 (4): 1037–1040.

https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00074

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A subadult Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) was found dead near a fishing pier in Florida, USA. Necropsy revealed abundant sand accumulation throughout the intestines. Fibrinous coelomitis with isolation of mixed bacteria, including Enterobacter cloacae complex, suggests secondary intestinal compromise. Sand ingestion might reflect geophagia, environmental hardships, or age-related diving inexperience.

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