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1 December 2005 UTERINE LEIOMYOMAS IN THREE CAPTIVE EASTERN BONGO (TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS ISAACI)
Julia E. Napier, Suzan Murray, Michael M. Garner, Tabitha Viner, Hayley Murphy
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Abstract

Uterine leiomyomas occurred in three eastern bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) 10, 15, and 16 yr of age at three separate zoological institutions. Two animals were nulliparous, and one had given birth to 14 calves over its lifetime. Two of the leiomyomas originated in the cervix. The third originated in the uterine wall and incorporated the body of the uterus and both uterine horns. The tumors in the two animals that had never calved were large and nonresectable. They were associated with gastrointestinal clinical signs including diarrhea, anorexia, and the inability to defecate. The tumor in the animal that had calved was an incidental finding at necropsy. Uterine leiomyomas have not been previously documented in the literature on eastern bongo.

Julia E. Napier, Suzan Murray, Michael M. Garner, Tabitha Viner, and Hayley Murphy "UTERINE LEIOMYOMAS IN THREE CAPTIVE EASTERN BONGO (TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS ISAACI)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 36(4), 709-711, (1 December 2005). https://doi.org/10.1638/04114.1
Received: 24 December 2004; Published: 1 December 2005
KEYWORDS
cervix
Eastern bongo
leiomyoma
neoplasia
Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci
uterus
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