title: Fallot's tetralogy in a European beaver (Castor fiber).
abstract: A 20-mo-old, female, 9-kg European beaver (Castor fiber) presented with apathy, reduced appetite of 3-day duration and a grade 5/6 systolic heart murmur. Thoracic radiographs revealed a diffuse broncho-interstitial pattern suspicious for bronchopneumonia. The echocardiographic findings of a hypertrophied right ventricle, ventricular septal defect with overriding aorta, and infundibular pulmonic stenosis were consistent with Fallot's tetralogy. Even though the bronchopneumonia rather than the congenital cardiac defect was considered of primary importance for the presenting clinical signs, the latter was relevant for the decision not to continue any medical treatment. Both disease processes were confirmed on necropsy. Fallot's tetralogy, European beaver, Castor fiber, heart murmur, ultrasound.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland. swenger@vetclinics.uzh.ch
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wenger
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gull
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Glaus
authors.forename: Serafin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blumer
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wimmershoff
authors.forename: Asja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kranjc
authors.forename: Hanspeter
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steinmetz
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hatt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000662:veterinary; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D012377:Rodentia; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*