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1 June 2015 ABDOMINAL PREGNANCY IN A SERVAL (LEPTAILURUS SERVAL) SECONDARY TO UTERINE RUPTURE
Laura K. Bryan, Alice Blue-McLendon, Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann
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Abstract

A 14-yr-old female serval (Leptailurus serval) died unexpectedly after 2 wk of inappetence and lethargy. Necropsy revealed a pyoabdomen with a full-term, well-developed fetus in the caudal abdomen covered by a mesenteric sac. The mesenteric sac communicated with a tear in the wall of the right uterine horn, supporting a diagnosis of secondary abdominal pregnancy. The uterine wall had evidence of adenomyosis at the rupture site with no evidence of pyometra. The fetus, supporting mesentery, and peritoneum were coated with mixed bacteria, which may have ascended through an open cervix to the site of uterine rupture. This is the first case of abdominal pregnancy related to uterine rupture reported in a large felid species.

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Laura K. Bryan, Alice Blue-McLendon, and Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann "ABDOMINAL PREGNANCY IN A SERVAL (LEPTAILURUS SERVAL) SECONDARY TO UTERINE RUPTURE," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46(2), 405-408, (1 June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1638/2014-0203R.1
Received: 17 October 2014; Published: 1 June 2015
KEYWORDS
abdominal pregnancy
adenomyosis
Leptailurus serval
pyoabdomen
uterine rupture
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