CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA WITH METASTASIS IN A CAPTIVE ADELIE PENGUIN (PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE)
A captive male Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), wild caught in 1976, died unexpectedly. Necropsy revealed cholangiocarcinoma with metastases to lung, pancreas, mesentery, and cloaca, the first known case of a penguin hepatic tumor.
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Language: | English |
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American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
2001
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0384:CWMIAC]2.0.CO;2 |
Summary: | A captive male Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), wild caught in 1976, died unexpectedly. Necropsy revealed cholangiocarcinoma with metastases to lung, pancreas, mesentery, and cloaca, the first known case of a penguin hepatic tumor. |
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