Comparative thoracic radiography in healthy and tuberculosis-positive sun bears (<i>Helarctos malayanus</i>).

ABSTRACT: Early and accurate diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is key to effective outbreak management, and in humans thoracic radiography is used extensively for screening purposes. In wildlife TB radiography is a relatively accessible diagnostic tool, particularly in under-resourced settings, however its use is limited by body size. Sun bears are susceptible to human-associated TB, and their small body size makes thoracic radiography feasible. However, there are no established guidelines on normal thoracic radiographs or radiographic manifestations of TB in this species. We provide a first description of thoracic radiographs from healthy and TB affected sun bears at a bear rescue sanctuary, including correlation with postmortem results for a subset of bears. Findings of two veterinary radio

SUBMITTER: Officer K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11743561 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature