An undersized, 16-mo-old, captive wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) was observed with dysphagia and postprandial regurgitation. The animal died shortly after anesthesia was initiated for diagnostic purposes. At necropsy, a persistent right aortic arch and aberrant left subclavian artery were diagnosed. The vascular ring structure around the esophagus and the trachea caused a megaesophagus with complete esophageal obstipation and ulcerative esophagitis. The aberrant left subclavian artery did not significantly compromise the esophagus. Persistence of the right aortic arch is relatively rare in ruminants and has not previously been reported in a bison.
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1 December 2002
PERSISTENT RIGHT AORTIC ARCH IN A YEARLING CAPTIVE WOOD BISON (BISON BISON ATHABASCAE)
Martin Peters,
Rüdiger Koch,
Jens Kämmerling,
Peter Wohlsein
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 33 • No. 4
December 2002
Vol. 33 • No. 4
December 2002
Bison bison athabascae
malformation
megaesophagus
persistent right aortic arch
regurgitation
Wood bison