Congenital Tracheal Web Malformation in a Wild Brown Bear ( Ursus arctos ), Sweden, 2010

J Wildl Dis. 2016 Apr 28;52(2):411-3. doi: 10.7589/2015-05-118. Epub 2016 Apr 7.

Abstract

We describe a congenital tracheal web malformation in a wild female brown bear (Ursus arctos) yearling that was euthanized after being hit by a train in Norrbotten County, Sweden, December 2010. A 3-cm-long, abnormal, longitudinal mucosal fold divided the trachea into two halves, without obviously blocking the airflow.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Sweden
  • Tracheal Diseases / congenital
  • Tracheal Diseases / pathology
  • Tracheal Diseases / veterinary*
  • Ursidae / abnormalities*