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Uterine adenocarcinoma with transcoelomic metastases in breeder hens (Gallus domesticus)

D. G. Bwala, N. M. Duncan, S. P. R. Bisschop
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 82, No 1 | a34 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v82i1.34 | © 2011 D. G. Bwala, N. M. Duncan, S. P. R. Bisschop | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 April 2011 | Published: 13 April 2011

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D. G. Bwala, Poultry Reference Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa, South Africa
N. M. Duncan, Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa.
S. P. R. Bisschop, Poultry Reference Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa, South Africa

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Abstract

Hens involved in a Newcastle disease study were euthanased at regular intervals according to a designed protocol. Of these, 7.14%(n = 42) of the 82-week-old specific pathogen-free breeder hens were found to have well-delineated firm white to yellowish nodules of varying sizes in the abdominal cavity. Histologically, the nodules were identified as an adenocarcinoma originating in the uterus. Transcoelomic spread was evidenced by the presence of similar neoplastic cells embedded in the serosa and outer longitudinal muscle layer of the intestines as well as the liver.

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