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Title: Oral squamous cell carcinoma in an aged captive white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
Author(s): Langer, S.; Czerwonka, N.; Ternes, K.; Herbst, W.; Koehler, K.
Year published: 2016
Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Volume: 47 (4)
Pages: 1090–1092
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White Rhino
A 48-yr-old captive white rhinoceros ( Ceratotherium simum ) was euthanized due to old age, pododermatitis, and progressive laminitis of the middle toe of the left fore- and hindlimbs. Severe chronic necrotizing periodontitis and dental loss was diagnosed, although food intake prior to death had ...
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