An eighteen-month-old female Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
that was 50 cm in length and 4.5 kg in weight was presented with anorexia and vomiting.
The hematological and blood biochemical profiles revealed no remarkable findings, and no
Salmonella, Shigella or Vibrio spp.
were isolated from the fecal culture. However, radiographic imaging revealed a long linear
foreign body presenting from the lower esophagus to the stomach. To retrieve this foreign
body, flexible endoscopic extraction was performed using flexible rat tooth grasping
forceps. A long bamboo stick (29 × 1 cm) was removed from the stomach, and the penguin
fully recovered.
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