title: Persistent right aortic arch in a yearling captive wood bison (Bison bison athabascae).
abstract: An undersized, 16-mo-old, captive wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) was observed with dysphagia and postprandial regurgitation. The animal died shortly after anesthesia was initiated for diagnostic purposes. At necropsy, a persistent right aortic arch and aberrant left subclavian artery were diagnosed. The vascular ring structure around the esophagus and the trachea caused a megaesophagus with complete esophageal obstipation and ulcerative esophagitis. The aberrant left subclavian artery did not significantly compromise the esophagus. Persistence of the right aortic arch is relatively rare in ruminants and has not previously been reported in a bison.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Buenteweg 17, D-30559 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kämmerling
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wohlsein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016164:Bison / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D008297:Male; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*