Beach J E, Greenwood B
Department of Pathology, Fisons plc, Loughborough, Leics., U.K.
J Comp Pathol. 1993 Feb;108(2):133-47. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9975(08)80217-4.
Thirteen spontaneous tumours in ferrets from two laboratory breeding colonies are described, including two types not previously reported in this species, namely, uterine teratoma and neurilemmoma. The literature on tumours in laboratory and domestic ferrets is comprehensively reviewed from the first reported case in 1950. Only 20 cases were reported from 1950 to 1979, nearly all from laboratory or zoological collections. In the following 10 years more than 170 further cases were reported, about half of them in domestic pet ferrets. A review of the limited literature on tumours in related species reveals substantial incidences in black-footed ferrets and ranch mink allowed to live out their lifespan, and isolated cases in polecats and at least eight other species of Mustelidae.
本文描述了来自两个实验繁殖群体的雪貂身上的13个自发肿瘤，包括该物种此前未报道过的两种类型，即子宫畸胎瘤和神经鞘瘤。从1950年首例报道病例开始，对实验室和家养雪貂肿瘤的文献进行了全面综述。1950年至1979年期间仅报道了20例，几乎全部来自实验室或动物园收藏。在接下来的10年里，又报道了170多例，其中约一半是家养宠物雪貂的病例。对相关物种肿瘤有限文献的综述显示，黑足雪貂和正常寿命的养殖水貂中肿瘤发病率相当高，而鸡貂和至少其他8种鼬科动物中有个别病例。
