Glucagonoma in a jaguar (Panthera onca)

J Zoo Wildl Med. 2000 Dec;31(4):563-5. doi: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0563:GIAJPO]2.0.CO;2.

Abstract

An obese adult jaguar (Panthera onca) was euthanized because of progressive lameness. Two 3-cm-diameter pancreatic nodules were identified as islet cell tumors, which were positive with immunohistochemical stains for glucagon, neuron-specific enolase, chromogranin A, and synaptophysin. The jaguar did not present clinical evidence of hyperglucagonemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carnivora*
  • Euthanasia / veterinary
  • Glucagonoma / complications
  • Glucagonoma / veterinary*
  • Lameness, Animal / complications
  • Male
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / veterinary
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / veterinary*