1. Primary bone tumors in birds: a review and description of two new cases.
- Author
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Dittmer KE, French AF, Thompson DJ, Buckle KN, and Thompson KG
- Subjects
- Animals, Bone Neoplasms pathology, Chondrosarcoma diagnostic imaging, Chondrosarcoma pathology, Female, Osteosarcoma diagnostic imaging, Osteosarcoma pathology, Poultry Diseases diagnostic imaging, Radiography, Sacrum cytology, Sacrum diagnostic imaging, Sacrum pathology, Spinal Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Spinal Neoplasms pathology, Spinal Neoplasms veterinary, Sternum cytology, Sternum diagnostic imaging, Sternum pathology, Bird Diseases pathology, Birds, Bone Neoplasms veterinary, Chickens, Chondrosarcoma veterinary, Osteosarcoma veterinary, Poultry Diseases pathology
- Abstract
Primary bone tumors are only occasionally reported in avian species. This paper presents the cases of an osteosarcoma in a 6-yr-old free-range chicken and a chondrosarcoma in a 3-yr-old barred Plymouth Rock chicken. The well-differentiated, moderately productive osteoblastic osteosarcoma arose from the synsacral vertebrae and had metastasized to the liver. The chondrosarcoma was well differentiated and firmly attached to the left side of the keel. There was no evidence of metastasis.
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- 2012
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