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It is still rare to report the impact of myocarditis on the diagnosis and treatment of giant panda(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)during the diagnosis and treatment of giant panda diseases. In order to understand the characteristics of cardiac changes of giant panda, cardiac tissues from 11 dead giant pandas in Beijing Zoo over the past 22 years were pathological observed in this paper. The results showed that the heart of 11 giant pandas showed obvious myocardial degeneration and necrosis. In the mild cases, myocardial fibers showed only granular degeneration and mild steatosis; while in the severe cases, myocardial fibers showed vesicular degeneration and waxy necrosis, even rupture, dissolution and calcification. Pathological diagnosis showed that 11 giant pandas suffered parenchymatous myocarditis. From the pathological point of view, this paper systematically discusses giant panda's parenchymatous myocarditis, which providesa pathological basis for giant panda related diseases in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]