A malignant mixed salivary tumour and a mammary carcinoma in a young wild eastern spotted native cat Dasyurus viverrinus (Marsupialia).
This report contains the first description of a salivary gland tumour in a dasyurid marsupial; the same animal also had a mammary carcinoma. All the previously described neoplasms have been in animals held in captivity for varying periods of time, whereas the case reported here was a young animal trapped in the wild and killed three days later. The development of tumours in the natural environment is important aetiologically.
D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000473:pathology*; D008394:Marsupialia; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*