Pansteatitis

Pansteatitis, or yellow fat disease, is a physiological condition in which the body fat becomes inflamed. Pansteatitis, or yellow fat disease, is a physiological condition in which the body fat becomes inflamed. The condition has been found in cats, fish, herons, terrapins and Nile crocodiles, piscivores such as otters, cormorants, Pel's fishing-owls and fish eagles. The disorder is also regularly found in captive-bred animals fed on high fish diets, such as mink, pigs and poultry. It shows as a rubber-like hardening of fat reserves which then become unavailable for normal metabolism, resulting in extreme pain, loss of mobility and death.