Spontaneous occurrence of luteoma and uterine adenocarcinoma in the reproductive tract of a rabbit

Adetailed postmortem examination of two and a half year-old female Dutch breed rabbit carcass was carried out. The rabbit had a historyofanorexia,depression and prolonged estrus over a period of about 3 months. Grossly, a yellowish pink and soft growth was found intherightovary.The uterus showed mul...

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Published inIndian journal of veterinary pathology Vol. 36; no. 2
Main Authors Ahamad, D. Basheer, Punniamurthy, N, Sakthivelan, S.M, Ranganathan, V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.2012
Subjects
ADENOMA
ADENOME
CONEJO (ORYCTOLAGUS)
ENFERMEDADES UTERINAS
HISTOPATHOLOGIE
HISTOPATHOLOGY
HISTOPATOLOGIA
LAPIN (ORYCTOLAGUS)
MALADIE DE L'UTERUS
RABBITS
UTERINE DISEASES
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Summary:Adetailed postmortem examination of two and a half year-old female Dutch breed rabbit carcass was carried out. The rabbit had a historyofanorexia,depression and prolonged estrus over a period of about 3 months. Grossly, a yellowish pink and soft growth was found intherightovary.The uterus showed multi nodular yellowish white, soft and firm growth. Cytological observations of ovarian and uterine growthwere most suggestive of a neoplasm of epithelial cell origin. Histologically, the ovarian and uterine growths were diagnosed as luteomaand endometrial adenocarcinoma respectively.
Bibliography:L74
ISSN:0250-4758