A typical chondrosarcoma is reported from the nictitating membrane of a great white heron (Ardea herodius occidentalis). This is the first report of a neoplasm in a free flying ciconiiform, and was the only one found in a survey of 957 carcasses from Florida.
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1 January 1992
Chondrosarcoma in a Wild Great White Heron from Southern Florida
Marilyn G. Spalding,
J. Carroll Woodard
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 28 • No. 1
January 1992
Vol. 28 • No. 1
January 1992
Ardea herodius occidentalis
case report
Chondrosarcoma
Ciconiiformes
great white heron
neoplasm