RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF HEPATOCELLULAR NEOPLASMS IN NILE LECHWE (KOBUS MEGACEROS) FROM TWO FLORIDA ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS

J Zoo Wildl Med. 2020 Nov;51(3):678-686. doi: 10.1638/2020-0038.

Abstract

This case series describes hepatocellular neoplasms in 10 Nile lechwe (Kobus megaceros) at two separate zoological institutions in Florida. Histologically, the neoplasms were classified as hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 7), hepatocellular adenoma (n = 2), and hepatobiliary carcinoma (n = 1). Common clinical signs were nonspecific and included thin body condition (n =7), lethargy (n =6), lameness (n =3), and acute recumbency (n =5). Four males and six females were affected, and the mean age at death was 12.7 yr with a range of 4-18 yr. All cases were diagnosed postmortem, and metastasis to various sites, including lung, lymph nodes, and omentum, was found in 40% of cases (n = 4). A single case of hepatocellular carcinoma in a Nile lechwe was described in 2007; however, this is the first reported series of neoplasms in Reduncinae. The pathogenesis behind the development of hepatocellular neoplasms in Nile lechwe has not yet been identified.

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma, Liver Cell / diagnosis
  • Adenoma, Liver Cell / etiology
  • Adenoma, Liver Cell / pathology
  • Adenoma, Liver Cell / veterinary*
  • Animals
  • Animals, Zoo
  • Antelopes*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / etiology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / veterinary*
  • Female
  • Florida
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / etiology
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies