MYOCARDIAL PURKINJE DEGENERATION AND NECROSIS WITH FIBROSIS IN FREE-RANGING BLACK RHINOCEROSES (DICEROS-BICORNIS) IN ZIMBABWE

Authors
KOCK ND
Citation
Nd. Kock, MYOCARDIAL PURKINJE DEGENERATION AND NECROSIS WITH FIBROSIS IN FREE-RANGING BLACK RHINOCEROSES (DICEROS-BICORNIS) IN ZIMBABWE, Journal of wildlife diseases, 32(2), 1996, pp. 367-369
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
367 - 369
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1996)32:2<367:MPDANW>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Degeneration and necrosis of Purkinje fibers with fibrosis around Purk inje fibers were found in the hearts of three adult black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis) in Zimbabwe in 1989 and 1990, among 38 animals exa mined from 1988 to 1994. Causes of death were not apparently related t o these changes, nor was there evidence of heart failure. The etiology of these changes is unknown.