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Photographs from a muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) liver

By National Wildlife Health Center
Photographs from a muskrat liver with random areas of hepatocellular necrosis indicated.
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Photographs from a muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) found dead in Ohio, USA. (A) Throughout the liver are random areas of hepatocellular necrosis (star). H&E stain. (B) Hepatocytes at the periphery of necrotic areas multifocally contain packets of argyrophilic bacterial rods (arrows). Modified Steiner’s stain.

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