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The Gross Morbid Anatomy of Diseases of Animals C.L. Davis DVM Foundation Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington, DC 9-13 April 2001 Gross Pathology of Zoo Animals Michael Garner, DVM, DACVP Introduction Is zoo pathology unique? Certainly there are diseases that are peculiar to certain species or classes of animals, and these require familiarity with the literature and knowledge of disease dynamics within zoo populations; but in the overall scheme of things, zoo pathology does not differ that much from domestic species pathology. There are numerous diseases that relate to various aspects of zoo husbandry, nutrition and genetics. Degenerative and neoplastic diseases are common because the animals often live longer than in their native environments. There are a wide variety of infectious diseases that also occur. Of course, there are also the bizarre or rare cases, but these lectures will attempt to concentrate on distinct “entities” and disease trends. So while not comprehensive, the following information represents material from the literature and the files of Northwest ZooPath that is considered most important in the zoo community and most likely to be encountered by diagnostic pathologists. Mammals Noninflammatory Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Disease Cardiomyopathy Primates, bats, possums, hedgehogs, ferrets, giant anteaters Etiopathogenesis usually unclear: genetics, nutrition, degenerative change, previous infectious events “dilated/hypertrophic, left/right/biventricular cardiomyopathy”, “myocardial fibrosis” may also see signs of left sided cardiac insufficiency in lung “brown lung” Right sided cardiac insufficiency in abdominal cavity, ascites, hepatomegaly Gross: Myocardial hypertrophy or atrophy, possible pale streaks Histo: Myocardiocyte hypertrophy, atrophy, disarray, necrosis. Interstitial fibrosis. Interstitial lipidosis, valvular endocardiosis. Atherosclerosis Predominantly primates Gross: Intimal plaques i