TY - JOUR
T1 - Neoplasia in ferrets
T2 - Eleven cases with a review
AU - Dillberger, J. E.
AU - Altman, N. H.
PY - 1989/2
Y1 - 1989/2
N2 - Records from a veterinary diagnostic laboratory in south Florida, U.S.A. were reviewed for cases of neoplasi in pet ferrets. Twelve ferret tumours were received over a four-year period; one case, a ferret with lymphocytic leukaemia and multi-organ involvement, had been reported previously. The other eleven tumours were: two chordomas of the tail, two sebaceous adenomas of the skin, a sebaceous epithelioma of the skin, a cutaneous mastocytoma, a malignant fibrous histiocytoma from the eyelid, a malignant mesenchymoma and an undifferentiated sarcoma from the dorsal abdominal cavity, a leiomyosarcoma found unattached in the abdominal cavity and an interstitial cell tumour of the testicle. A review of the literature yielded reports of 83 other tumours in domestic ferrets, black-footed ferrets and European polecats. Of the 95 ferret tumours, 46 were considered malignant. Tumours occurred in all organ systems except the respiratory tract and central nervous system. Affected ferrets ranged in age from 209 days to 12 years. The most frequently occurring tumours were ovarian stromal tumours (24 of 95), haemangiomas/haemangio-sarcomas (15 of 95). This information indicates that, contrary to previous opinion, ferrets appear to be subject to a similar incidence and variety of tumours as other animals.
AB - Records from a veterinary diagnostic laboratory in south Florida, U.S.A. were reviewed for cases of neoplasi in pet ferrets. Twelve ferret tumours were received over a four-year period; one case, a ferret with lymphocytic leukaemia and multi-organ involvement, had been reported previously. The other eleven tumours were: two chordomas of the tail, two sebaceous adenomas of the skin, a sebaceous epithelioma of the skin, a cutaneous mastocytoma, a malignant fibrous histiocytoma from the eyelid, a malignant mesenchymoma and an undifferentiated sarcoma from the dorsal abdominal cavity, a leiomyosarcoma found unattached in the abdominal cavity and an interstitial cell tumour of the testicle. A review of the literature yielded reports of 83 other tumours in domestic ferrets, black-footed ferrets and European polecats. Of the 95 ferret tumours, 46 were considered malignant. Tumours occurred in all organ systems except the respiratory tract and central nervous system. Affected ferrets ranged in age from 209 days to 12 years. The most frequently occurring tumours were ovarian stromal tumours (24 of 95), haemangiomas/haemangio-sarcomas (15 of 95). This information indicates that, contrary to previous opinion, ferrets appear to be subject to a similar incidence and variety of tumours as other animals.
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U2 - 10.1016/0021-9975(89)90127-8
DO - 10.1016/0021-9975(89)90127-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 2654203
AN - SCOPUS:0024592776
VL - 100
SP - 161
EP - 176
JO - Journal of Comparative Pathology
JF - Journal of Comparative Pathology
SN - 0021-9975
IS - 2
ER -