An epizootic in hamsters of lymphomas of undetermined origin and mode of transmission.
An epizootic of lymphomas arose spontaneously on three occasions in a facility containing both inbred and randombred Syrian hamsters. These tumors developed in approximately half the colony-born hamsters and were horizontally transmissible to those brought into the colony.
D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000662:veterinary; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000662:veterinary; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000662:veterinary; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000662:veterinary