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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 15(1), 1979, pp. 121-123
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Treatment of an acquired abdominal hernia in a polar bear (Thalarctos maritimus)

LM Philo, DL Wolfe, and SM Fassig


ABSTRACT

A heart rate radio-transmitter was surgically implanted in the abdomen of a captive adult male polar bear (Thalarctos maritimus), but within five weeks a purulent discharge was observed at the incision site. The transmitter was surgically removed along with many fragments of the fractured encapsulation material. The skin incision healed, but a large hernia remained. Repeated localized trauma to the hernia sac necessitated surgical repair.




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