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Gastric trichobezoar in a banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis)
M A Suckow1, L A Terril-Robb, C F Grigdesby
1Laboratory Animal Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Laboratory Animals
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
A male, wild-caught kangaroo rat developed anorexia and wasting. The animal was euthanized and a gastric trichobezoar found at necropsy. The paucity of information regarding the clinical medicine of this species is a hindrance to those charged with the care of kangaroo rats. Gastric trichobezoar should be considered as a differential diagnosis in cases of anorexia in kangaroo rats.