Chineme C N, Njoku C O, Evbuoma N
J Wildl Dis. 1978 Jan;14(1):52-3. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-14.1.52.
Myocardial degeneration and necrosis in an adult female Australian kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) are described. The animal was housed in a zoo at Kano, Nigeria for approximately five years before death. This is believed to be the first reported case of degenerative cardiomyopathy in a captive marsupial in Nigeria.
描述了一只成年雌性澳大利亚大袋鼠(大赤袋鼠)的心肌变性和坏死情况。这只动物在尼日利亚卡诺的一家动物园饲养了约五年后死亡。据信这是尼日利亚圈养有袋动物中首例关于退行性心肌病的报告病例。