Spindle Cell Tumor in a Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)

Alex M. Barlow; Alex Schock; J. Paul Duff; Harriet W. Brooks Brownlie; George Bemment; Richard M. Irvine

doi:10.7589/2018-10-257

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Alex M. Barlow,^1,2,* Alex Schock,³ J. Paul Duff,⁴ Harriet W. Brooks Brownlie,⁵ George Bemment,⁶ Richard M. Irvine⁷

¹1Animal Plant Health Agency, Wildlife Expert Group, Animal Plant Health Agency Starcross Veterinary
²2Wildlife Network for Disease Surveillance, University of Bristol, School of Veterinary Science, Lan
³3Animal Plant Health Agency Lasswade, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0
⁴4Animal Plant Health Agency Wildlife Expert Group, Animal Plant Health Agency Penrith Veterinary Inv
⁵5Veterinary Pathology Department, School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Langford Hou
⁶6Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 5DB, UK
⁷7APHA Veterinary Surveillance Intelligence Unit, Worcester APHA, County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worces

^*Corresponding author (email: alexmbarlow@btinternet.com)

Abstract

Most reports of neoplasia in bats are in captive Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus), a megachiropteran species. Only three reports of neoplasia in microchiropteran species have been reported. We report the detection of a tumor in a wild brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), a microchiropteran species, in England. Histolopathology indicated the mass was a spindle cell tumor, likely of smooth muscle origin, which was confirmed by immunohistochemistry.

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Alex M. Barlow, Alex Schock, J. Paul Duff, Harriet W. Brooks Brownlie, George Bemment, and Richard M. Irvine "Spindle Cell Tumor in a Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 55(4), 908-911, (9 October 2019). https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-10-257

Received: 15 October 2018; Accepted: 4 March 2019; Published: 9 October 2019

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