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Coexistence of Tuberculosis and Mammary Carcinoma in a Goat
Author(s) -
Quintas H,
Alegria N,
Mendonça A,
Botelho A,
Alves A,
Pires I
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
reproduction in domestic animals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1439-0531
pISSN - 0936-6768
DOI - 10.1111/rda.12332
Subject(s) - mastitis , mammary carcinoma , tuberculosis , breed , pathological , biology , mammary gland , pathology , differential diagnosis , carcinoma , cancer , medicine , breast cancer , zoology , genetics
Contents Synchronic occurrence of tuberculosis mastitis and mammary cancer is rare in humans and, to the best of our knowledge, not reported in domestic animals. Here, we present a case of a female adult goat of Serrana breed with simultaneous occurrence of a granulomatous mastitis, due to M ycobacterium caprae, and a mammary carcinoma. Both pathological conditions are rare in goats and should be included in differential diagnosis of mammary lesions.