title: Sarcoids in two captive tapirs (Tapirus bairdii): clinical, pathological and molecular study.
abstract: This case report describes for the first time sarcoids in tapirs (Tapirus bairdii), namely, a 2-year-old male and a 3.6-year-old female born and housed at the same facility. The male presented with a 3-cm nodular, red, pedunculated, hairless, ulcerated mass on the inner surface of the left pinna. No recurrence or additional growths were present during the 3 years following surgical excision of the mass. The female presented with a similar 2-cm mass on the inner surface of the right pinna, which recurred 2 months following surgical excision, but was subsequently successfully treated locally with liquid nitrogen with no further recurrence during a 2-year follow-up period. Histologically, these two masses closely resembled equine sarcoids. Similarly, an association with bovine papillomavirus 1 was demonstrated using polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5B4. beverly.kidney@usask.ca
authors.forename: Beverly A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kidney
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berrocal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D052688:Bovine papillomavirus 1 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D054644:Ear Auricle / Q000473:pathology*; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D010527:Perissodactyla; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology