1. Haematopoietic malignancies in zoo animals.
- Author
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Hruban Z, Vardiman J, Meehan T, Frye F, and Carter WE
- Subjects
- Animals, Birds, Bufonidae, Female, Hedgehogs, Incidence, Leukemia, Lymphoid epidemiology, Leukemia, Myeloid epidemiology, Lions, Male, Mice, Snakes, Animal Diseases epidemiology, Animals, Zoo, Leukemia, Lymphoid veterinary, Leukemia, Myeloid veterinary
- Abstract
Myelogenous leukaemia was found in a Russell's viper, a Honduran milk snake, a marine toad, a Byrne's marsupial mouse and an African hedgehog. Lymphocytic leukaemia was present in a broad banded copperhead and an Indian lion. Visceral lymphomatosis was observed in a snowy owl.
- Published
- 1992
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