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14 December 2012 PENTALOGY OF FALLOT IN A CAPTIVE SIBERIAN TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA)
Frine E. Scaglione, Massimiliano Tursi, Laura Chiappino, Cathrin Schröder, Orfeo Triberti, Enrico Bollo
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Abstract

A 2-yr-old male Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) died during a fight with a conspecific. At necropsy, significant abnormalities included severe cardiomegaly with cardiac malformations consisting of a large atrial septal defect, a membranous ventricular septal defect, overriding aorta, and stenosis of the pulmonary valve with secondary concentric hypertrophy of the right ventricle. Endocardiosis of the mitral valve was also noted. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a pentalogy of Fallot in a large felid that resulted in sudden death.

American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
Frine E. Scaglione, Massimiliano Tursi, Laura Chiappino, Cathrin Schröder, Orfeo Triberti, and Enrico Bollo "PENTALOGY OF FALLOT IN A CAPTIVE SIBERIAN TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 43(4), 931-933, (14 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.1638/2011-0269R1.1
Received: 12 December 2012; Published: 14 December 2012
KEYWORDS
congenital
heart
malformation
pentalogy of Fallot
tiger
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