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Neoplasia in Three Aye-Ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis).

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Rodriguez Barbon, A 
Cowen, R 
Knott, C 
Allinson, K 

Abstract

Tumours diagnosed in three aged captive aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis), held in two different institutions, are described. A cerebral glioblastoma was diagnosed based on histological and immunohistochemical findings in one of the animals following initial presentation with bilateral mydriasis, absent pupillary reflex, head tilt and ataxia. A second animal was humanely destroyed due to impaired locomotion associated with spondylosis and a post-mortem diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma was made based on histology with further confirmation with immunohistochemical labelling for cytokeratin 7. A third aye-aye suffering from dental disease was diagnosed with an oral squamous cell carcinoma following an excisional biopsy from a non-healing wound in the lip. Due to progression of the neoplasia the animal was humanely destroyed and post-mortem examination revealed the presence on an additional unilateral phaeochromocytoma.

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Keywords

Daubentonia madagascariensis, aye-aye, immunohistochemistry, neoplasia, Animals, Female, Male, Neoplasms, Strepsirhini

Journal Title

J Comp Pathol

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Journal ISSN

0021-9975
1532-3129

Volume Title

159

Publisher

Elsevier BV