Pathogenicity of the Chicken Sarcoma Virus (Schmidt–Ruppin) for Amphibians and Reptiles

Svet-Moldavsky, George J.; Trubcheninova, L P; Ravkina, L I

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“…20 However, a viral etiology of neoplasia is poorly documented in reptiles. 13,15,19,22,25,26 Boid IBD is a multisystemic viral infection caused by a 90-to 120-nm retrovirus affecting boid snakes worldwide. 1,23,24 It is probably the most important viral disease known in captive boas and pythons to date as it has been associated with high morbidity and mortality rates.…”

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Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and Leukemic Blood Profile in a Red-Tail Boa (Boa Constrictor Constrictor) with Concurrent Inclusion Body Disease

Schilliger¹,

Selleri

Frye³

2011

J VET Diagn Invest

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Abstract. An adult male wild-caught true red-tail boa (Boa constrictor constrictor), imported from Surinam, was presented for anorexia, extreme lethargy, and coelomic swelling in the cranial third of the body, in the anatomic location of the thymus. The snake died a few minutes after blood sampling via cardiocentesis. Hematology revealed anemia and extreme leukocytosis (820 3 10 3 /ml) characterized by a predominance (95%) of lymphocytes. Necropsy revealed enlargement of most of the visceral organs. Histology confirmed lymphoblastic lymphoma with a leukemic blood profile and diffuse infiltration of some of the heart, thymus, bone marrow, kidney, spleen, lung, and liver. Several large intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusion bodies surrounded by narrow clear ''halos'' were identified within gastric mucosal cells, proximal and distal convoluted tubule epithelial cells, and splenic cells. The final diagnosis was lymphoblast lymphoma with a leukemic blood profile and concurrent inclusion body disease.

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“…2,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]25,26,28 The precise etiology of these tumors is unknown in reptiles but may involve genetic, parasitic, environmental, and viral factors. 20 However, a viral etiology of neoplasia is poorly documented in reptiles.…”

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Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and Leukemic Blood Profile in a Red-Tail Boa (Boa Constrictor Constrictor) with Concurrent Inclusion Body Disease

Schilliger¹,

Selleri

Frye³

2011

J VET Diagn Invest

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Medicine and Surgery of Tortoises and Turtles

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Hematopoietic neoplasms in lizards: Report of a typical case in hydrosaurus amboinensis and of a probable case in Varanus salvator

Zwart

Harshbarger

1972

Intl Journal of Cancer

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Relatively few neoplasms in reptiles have been reported. Although most of these were in snakes, Kast (1967) could find only 25 cases of snake tumors sufficiently described for review, since 1885.The first description of a neoplasm of the reptilian hematopoietic system appeared in 1969, when Frank and Schepky reported a metastasizing lymphosarcoma in an anaconda, Eunectes muriniis. In the preceding year Cowan ( I 968) mentioned but did not describe lymphothickness were prepared and stained with hemalum-eosin, Weigert-Van Gieson-elastica, and Gomori reticulum stains.Histologic sections and autopsy records of these cases are filed as accession numbers 291 and 461 respectively, in the Registry of Tumors in Lower Animals, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. RESULTS Case I -Hvdrosaurus amboinensissarcomas in three other ophidians. This Paper is the first report of a hematopoietic neoplasm in a lizard and describes a strongly suspected case in a second saurian.This specimen was a cachectic female that had become lethargic several weeks prior to death in the Amsterdam 200. Marked hepatosplenomegaly was found at autopsy, and the caudal two-thirds of both kidneys were notably M A T E R I A L AND M E T H O D Sswollen and pale in color. In the lungs ten round, whitish lesions of pin-head size were conspicuous A Hj'r1rosairrri.s cimboinensis and a V~iruni~.s on the cut Pulmonary Surfaces. Each lesion sft/,.cito,. which died i n a zoolog,cal garden were contained a larval nematode, and fecal examinreceived for post-mortem examinatjoli, ~f t e r ation revealed numerous eggs of Oxyrrris sp. niacroscopic inspection, including a search for Bacteriological examination of the feces yielded parasites, and routine bacteriological exam-no Pathogens. ination, the internal organs were fixed in 10%Approximately two-thirds of the liver volume neutral formalin. Paraffin sections of 7 p in consisted of a patchwork of areas in which

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Pathogenicity of the Chicken Sarcoma Virus (Schmidt–Ruppin) for Amphibians and Reptiles

Cited by 13 publications

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Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and Leukemic Blood Profile in a Red-Tail Boa (Boa Constrictor Constrictor) with Concurrent Inclusion Body Disease

Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and Leukemic Blood Profile in a Red-Tail Boa (Boa Constrictor Constrictor) with Concurrent Inclusion Body Disease

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Hematopoietic neoplasms in lizards: Report of a typical case in hydrosaurus amboinensis and of a probable case in Varanus salvator

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