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Brain tumours in two Bactrian camels: a histiocytic sarcoma and a meningioma
Author(s) -
Molenaar F. M.,
Breed A. C.,
Flach E. J.,
McCandlish I. A. P.,
Pocknell A. M.,
Strike T.,
Routh A.,
Taema M.,
Summers B. A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.164.22.684
Subject(s) - histiocytic sarcoma , ataxia , meningioma , medicine , pathology , histology , sarcoma , histiocyte , psychiatry
Primary brain tumours were identified in two Bactrian camels ( Camelus bactrianus ) living at the Zoological Society of London’s two zoos. Histology and immunohistochemistry were used to diagnose a histiocytic sarcoma in a 16‐year‐old female and a fibroblastic meningioma in a 13‐year‐old male. Before one died and the other was euthanased both camels had shown progressive neurological signs, including circling and ataxia.