GASTRIC TRICHOBEZOAR IN A BANNER-TAILED KANGAROO RAT (DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS)

Authors
SUCKOW MA TERRILROBB LA GRIGDESBY CF
Citation
Ma. Suckow et al., GASTRIC TRICHOBEZOAR IN A BANNER-TAILED KANGAROO RAT (DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS), Laboratory animals, 30(4), 1996, pp. 383-385
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Laboratory animals → ACNP
ISSN journal
00236772
Volume
30
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
383 - 385
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-6772(1996)30:4<383:GTIABK>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A male, wild-caught kangaroo rat developed anorexia and wasting. The a nimal was euthanized and a gastric trichobezoar found at necropsy. The paucity of information regarding the clinical medicine of this specie s is a hindrance to those charged with the care of kangaroo rats. Gast ric trichobezoar should be considered as a differential diagnosis in c ases of anorexia in kangaroo rats.