CONCURRENT IRON OVERLOAD AND NEOPLASIA IN LESCHENAULT'S ROUSETTES (): A CASE SERIES.

This case series investigates a cluster of deaths in a captive colony of Leschenault's rousettes (). Six of seven bats that died between March and September 2021 were diagnosed postmortem with both iron overload (IO) and neoplasia, neither of which have previously been reported in this species. Iron status was assessed via hepatic histopathological grading, hepatic iron concentration, and, in two cases, serum iron concentration.

Neurological examination in healthy chinchillas ( Chinchilla lanigera).

Chinchillas are popular as laboratory models and companion animals, and they can be affected by a variety of infectious and non-infectious neurological diseases. Little information is available on making a neurological diagnosis in this species, in part because the neurological examination has not been standardized in chinchillas and the expected physiological findings in healthy chinchillas have not been reported. In this study, a standardized neurological examination was performed on 30 clinically normal chinchillas.