Systemic arterial calcinosis in a grey tree kangaroo Dendrolagus inustus, resembling Mönckeberg type arteriosclerosis in man.
A female grey kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus) died from a severe systemic arterial calcinosis resembling arteriosclerosis of the Mönckeberg type in man. Post-mortem findings, including scanning electron microscopy, are described and discussed with special reference to data in the literature.
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007614:Macropodidae; D008394:Marsupialia