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1 January 1992 Chondrosarcoma in a Wild Great White Heron from Southern Florida
Marilyn G. Spalding, J. Carroll Woodard
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Abstract

A typical chondrosarcoma is reported from the nictitating membrane of a great white heron (Ardea herodius occidentalis). This is the first report of a neoplasm in a free flying ciconiiform, and was the only one found in a survey of 957 carcasses from Florida.

Spalding and Woodard: Chondrosarcoma in a Wild Great White Heron from Southern Florida
Marilyn G. Spalding and J. Carroll Woodard "Chondrosarcoma in a Wild Great White Heron from Southern Florida," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 28(1), 151-153, (1 January 1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.1.151
Received: 25 January 1991; Published: 1 January 1992
KEYWORDS
Ardea herodius occidentalis
case report
Chondrosarcoma
Ciconiiformes
great white heron
neoplasm
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