Fig. 2: Gross pathology findings of the dead African elephants. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Gross pathology findings of the dead African elephants.

From: Pasteurella sp. associated with fatal septicaemia in six African elephants

Fig. 2

a Elephant VF120A carcass in situ, showing postmortem condition with similar presentation to anthrax; only blood smears were collected (b) Elephant VF20/112 lung tissue showing small areas of consolidation and hyperaemia. c Elephant VF20/113 stomach with haemorrhages on gastric serosa; lung in foreground and liver on bottom right shown in next panel. d Elephant VF20/113 liver in situ adjacent to stomach, with rounded border indicating gross swelling, and parenchymal hyperaemia. e Elephant VF20/113 spleen, removed, with multiple capsular haemorrhages and an enlarged splenic lymph node. f Elephant VF20/170 thoracic diaphragm and lung with haemorrhages.

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