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case_images: Gross necropsy: Heart (A: External view; B: Internal view) of a Malayan tapir with encephalomyocarditis virus infection. Multiple circular to linear white foci (mineralisation) are present in the myocardium.
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case_images: Gross post-mortem examination revealed a normal body condition (body weight of 130 kg) and the following salient findings: white foam in nostrils; about 1 litre abdominal serohaemorrhagic fluid containing some fibrin clots; spumeous liquid in the trachea; congestion of the lungs; large pale liver areas with central degeneration; areas of mucosal congestion in the duodenum and jejunum with a greyish to chocolate brown liquid content, but without visible blood present; congestion of the mesenterial lymph nodes; soft kidney consistency with a pale cortex; and with the most important findings was the presence of multiple white circular and linear foci of up to 0.5 cm diameter in the myocard (Fig. 1).
case_images: Histopathology of the heart of a Malayan tapir with encephalomyocarditis virus infection. (A): Areas of basophilia (mineralisation) are surrounded by an intense interstitial inflammatory infiltrate. (B): Myocardial cells with a diffuse basophilic granulation (mineralisation), surrounded by interstitial infiltration of lymphocytes, plasma cells and a few neutrophils.
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case_images: Surrounding the mineralised areas was interstitial infiltration of lymphocytes, plasma cells and less neutrophils (Fig. 2).