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Pathological Findings in African Pygmy Hedgehogs Admitted into a Portuguese Rehabilitation Center
| العنوان: | Pathological Findings in African Pygmy Hedgehogs Admitted into a Portuguese Rehabilitation Center |
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| المؤلفون: | Gabriela Fernandes Silva, Alexandra Rêma, Sílvia Teixeira, Maria dos Anjos Pires, Marian Taulescu, Irina Amorim |
| المصدر: | Animals, Vol 12, Iss 11, p 1361 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Veterinary medicine LCC:Zoology |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | African pygmy hedgehog, carcinoma, mycobacteriosis, pathologies, tumors, wobbly hedgehog syndrome, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100, Zoology, QL1-991 |
| الوصف: | Most of the pathologies that affect hedgehogs are diagnosed postmortem; thus, it is essential to share knowledge between clinicians and pathologists in order to recognize predispositions to diseases and to establish adequate diagnostic and therapeutic plans. This study aimed to describe the most relevant postmortem pathological conditions in a group of six rescued African pygmy hedgehogs, performed over a period of four months. Hedgehogs were submitted to necropsy examinations and subsequent histopathological analyses. Microscopically, all the studied hedgehogs revealed alterations in one or more organ systems. Although a significant and diverse number of pathological conditions were obtained, this study focused on less common or more relevant pathologies found in African pygmy hedgehogs—namely, wobbly hedgehog syndrome, squamous cell carcinoma and mast cell tumors. Furthermore, this study constitutes the first report of Mycobacterium spp. in hedgehogs in Portugal, the second report of follicular thyroid carcinoma in an African pygmy hedgehog, the description of a lipoid pneumonia for the first time in this species and a lung adenocarcinoma—a pathology rarely reported in African pygmy hedgehogs. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2076-2615 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/11/1361; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ani12111361 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/af10958a5603487ebb041aefc0185685 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.f10958a5603487ebb041aefc0185685 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20762615 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/ani12111361 |