Publication: Polycystic kidney disease in the pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)
Polycystic kidney disease in the pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)
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Nees, S., Schade, B., Clauss, M., Steinmetz, H. W., Ehrensperger, F., Steck, B., & Hatt, J.-M. (2009). Polycystic kidney disease in the pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 40, 529–535. https://doi.org/10.1638/2007-0175.1
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Polcystic kidney disease (PKD) was diagnosed at necropsy in a captive aged female pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis), which presented with numerous cysts in both kidneys, liver, duodenum and one single in the pancreas. There were no premonitory clinical signs of a nephropathy observed prior to its death. Similar findings were made in the male partner animal half a year later. Both animals had been wild-caught. A literature review showed that another seven cases of PKD have been reported in pygmy hippopotamuses, and an addit
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- Nees, S
- Schade, B
- Steinmetz, H W
- Ehrensperger, F
- Steck, B
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Nees, S., Schade, B., Clauss, M., Steinmetz, H. W., Ehrensperger, F., Steck, B., & Hatt, J.-M. (2009). Polycystic kidney disease in the pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 40, 529–535. https://doi.org/10.1638/2007-0175.1
