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16 November 2020 RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF HEPATOCELLULAR NEOPLASMS IN NILE LECHWE (KOBUS MEGACEROS) FROM TWO FLORIDA ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS
Kelsey M. McClure, Michael M. Garner, Scott B. Citino, Jessica A. Emerson, Elizabeth E. Hammond
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Abstract

This case series describes hepatocellular neoplasms in 10 Nile lechwe (Kobus megaceros) at two separate zoological institutions in Florida. Histologically, the neoplasms were classified as hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 7), hepatocellular adenoma (n = 2), and hepatobiliary carcinoma (n = 1). Common clinical signs were nonspecific and included thin body condition (n =7), lethargy (n =6), lameness (n =3), and acute recumbency (n =5). Four males and six females were affected, and the mean age at death was 12.7 yr with a range of 4–18 yr. All cases were diagnosed postmortem, and metastasis to various sites, including lung, lymph nodes, and omentum, was found in 40% of cases (n = 4). A single case of hepatocellular carcinoma in a Nile lechwe was described in 2007; however, this is the first reported series of neoplasms in Reduncinae. The pathogenesis behind the development of hepatocellular neoplasms in Nile lechwe has not yet been identified.

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Kelsey M. McClure, Michael M. Garner, Scott B. Citino, Jessica A. Emerson, and Elizabeth E. Hammond "RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF HEPATOCELLULAR NEOPLASMS IN NILE LECHWE (KOBUS MEGACEROS) FROM TWO FLORIDA ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 51(3), 678-686, (16 November 2020). https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0038
Accepted: 11 June 2020; Published: 16 November 2020
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