Raymond J T, Clarke K A, Schafer K A
Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
J Wildl Dis. 1998 Oct;34(4):801-6. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.4.801.
Two captive adult female African hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris) had inappetance and bloody diarrhea for several days prior to death. Both hedgehogs had ulceration of the small intestine and hepatic lipidosis. Histopathology revealed small intestinal lymphosarcoma with metastasis to the liver. Extracellular particles that had characteristics of retroviruses were observed associated with the surface of some neoplastic lymphoid cells by transmission electron microscopy. These are the first reported cases of intestinal lymphosarcoma in African hedgehogs.
两只圈养的成年雌性非洲刺猬（南非刺猬）在死亡前几天出现食欲不振和血性腹泻。两只刺猬均有小肠溃疡和肝脂肪变性。组织病理学显示小肠淋巴肉瘤并转移至肝脏。通过透射电子显微镜观察到，在一些肿瘤性淋巴细胞表面存在具有逆转录病毒特征的细胞外颗粒。这些是首次报道的非洲刺猬肠道淋巴肉瘤病例。
