Haematopoietic malignancies in zoo animals.
Myelogenous leukaemia was found in a Russell's viper, a Honduran milk snake, a marine toad, a Byrne's marsupial mouse and an African hedgehog. Lymphocytic leukaemia was present in a broad banded copperhead and an Indian lion. Visceral lymphomatosis was observed in a snowy owl.
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Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
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D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001717:Birds; D002025:Bufonidae; D005260:Female; D006364:Hedgehogs; D015994:Incidence; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008045:Lions; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012911:Snakes