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Cholangiocarcinoma with metastasis in a captive Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)

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Date Issued:
2001
Title: Cholangiocarcinoma with metastasis in a captive Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae).
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Name(s): Renner, M. S.
Zaias, Julia
Bossart, Gregory D.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Date Issued: 2001
Publisher: American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
Place of Publication: Lawrence, KS
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 4 p.
Language(s): English
Identifier: FA00007244 (IID)
Note(s): A captive male Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), wild caught in 1976, died unexpectedly. Necropsy revealed cholangiocarcinoma with metastases to lung, pancreas, mesentery, and cloaca, the first known case of a penguin hepatic tumor.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1512
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Renner, M. S., Zaias, J., & Bossart, G. D. (2001). Cholangiocarcinoma with metastasis in a captive Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 32(3), 384-386.
Subject(s): Adélie penguin
Cholangiocarcinoma
Pygoscelis adeliae
Metastasis
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007244
Host Institution: FAU