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Fig. 2

From: Postmortem findings in Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) caught in a drift gillnet

Fig. 2

Microscopic findings on the studied Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus). a Liver: hepatitis (red arrow), hemosiderin inside Kupffer cells (green arrow) and hepatocytes (black arrow head), extramedullary hematopoiesis (black arrows). HE. Scale bar = 20 μm (b) Heart: diffuse congestion (black arrows), markedly congested vessel (red arrow). HE. Scale bar = 20 μm. c Kidney: diffuse congestion (red arrow), multifocal interstitial nephritis (black arrow). HE. Scale bar = 40 μm. d Brain: diffuse congestion (black arrows) and inside arteriole (red arrow). HE. Scale bar = 40 μm. e Lung: congestion and edema, proteinaceous material in parabronchial lumen (black arrow), stretched interparabronchial septa due to edema (asterisk) and markedly congested vessels, including septal arterioles (red arrow). HE. Scale bar = 80 μm. f Lung: diffuse congestion (black arrows), markedly stretched visceral pleura (asterisk) due to edema. HE. Scale bar = 80 μm

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