Premature lactation in a heifer with a sex cord-stromal tumor |
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| Authors: | M D Whitacre S D Van Camp N J Maclachlan J A Umstead |
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| Institution: | Department of Food Animal and Equine Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27606. |
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| Abstract: | A tumor of the ovary was believed to be responsible for initiating lactation in a nonpregnant heifer. The only abnormal clinical sign was milk secretion from all 4 mammary glands and a large mass in the abdomen. Concentrations of estrogen and progesterone were markedly high. The mass was removed and identified as a sex cord-stromal tumor with a granulosa cell pattern. |
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