Case Report
Cutaneous Adenocarcinoma of sebaceous gland in a captive male jaguar (Panthera onca): A case report
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 85, No 1 | a918 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v85i1.918
| © 2014 Arnab K. Majie, Parswanath Mondal, Swapan K. Ghosh, Dayanarayan Banerjee
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 06 August 2012 | Published: 24 February 2014
Submitted: 06 August 2012 | Published: 24 February 2014
About the author(s)
Arnab K. Majie, Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata, IndiaParswanath Mondal, Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata, India
Swapan K. Ghosh, Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata, India
Dayanarayan Banerjee, Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata, India
Abstract
High incidence of neoplasia in captive jaguar (Panthera onca) has been recorded but there have been no reports of cutaneous adenocarcinoma of the sebaceous gland. A high incidence of neoplasia has been detected in captive jaguars, possibly associated with longevity and husbandry practices in captivity. Neoplasm is a major cause of mortality in jaguar. Tumours of sebaceous gland are common in older domestic felids. A case of cutaneous adenocarcinoma of the sebaceous gland was diagnosed in a male captive jaguar in the Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata, India and was managed successfully. The tumour was observed as a superficial, ulcerated, multilobulated intradermal mass. After preoperative haematological evaluation the tumour was excised through routine surgical procedure under chemical immobilisation. Post-operative management was uneventful. Local tumour recurrence was not noticed till one year after post-operation.
Keywords
Jaguar, Alipore Zoological Garden, Sebaceous gland adenocacinoma
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