On January 3, 2021, "Colleen" suddenly fell to the ground and convulsed while eating normally indoors. The veterinary team of the Panda Base immediately provided emergency rescue and immediately invited neurosurgery experts from a tertiary...
On January 3, 2021, "Colleen" suddenly fell to the ground and convulsed while eating normally indoors. The veterinary team of the Panda Base immediately provided emergency rescue and immediately invited neurosurgery experts from a tertiary hospital for emergency consultation. They initially determined that it was an intracranial lesion. During the rescue, "Colleen" experienced a respiratory arrest crisis for nearly two hours, and her intermittent generalized rigidity symptoms have not been significantly relieved. After the panda base's veterinary team worked hard to rescue her 24 hours a day and night, "Colin" stopped breathing again on January 6, 2021. After rescue efforts were ineffective, she was declared dead at 14:15 that day.
Photos of Colleen during her lifetime
Animals are also living things, so living things also have cancer. Some caring people, such as those who have pets, will ask this question. For example, our pets, such as kittens and puppies, may often develop tumors because they are also mammals. Even in human cancer research, we often use animal models, such as mice, etc. Such animals can be used as models, and some attempts can be made on them, which will ultimately provide more foundation for our understanding of cancer and anti-cancer treatment. So relatively speaking, animals will definitely get cancer. The answer to this question is relatively clear. Of course, which kind of tumor and which animal will get different tumors, there will be relatively more of them in different places, but the overall answer is yes, animals will get cancer. "
GBM is the malignant transformation of astrocytoma and is the most malignant type of astrocytoma. GBM is generally considered to be a manifestation of progressive anaplastic changes in astrocytoma, mixed astrooligodendroglioma, and oligodendroglioma. Now, it is a differentiated grade astrocytoma. The length of this change varies, but it may be quite short. Those with well-differentiated glioma components are called secondary glioblastomas, and those without well-differentiated glioma components are called primary glioblastomas. Primary GBM can originate from well-differentiated glioma that grows too rapidly, or from Denovo original tumor with a tendency of astrocytic and oligodendrocyte differentiation. Rare variant GBM can be divided into three types: giant cell glioblastoma, lipid-rich epithelioid glioblastoma and gliosarcoma.
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Some people may wonder why animals can also get cancer. In fact, animals are also living things, so living things also have cancer. In fact, in our research on human cancer, we often use animal models, such as mice, etc. Such animals are used as models, and some experiments are done on them, which ultimately provides more basis for our human understanding of cancer and anti-cancer treatment. So relatively speaking, animals will definitely get cancer. The answer to this question is relatively clear. Of course, which kind of tumor and which kind of animal will get different tumors, then there will be relatively more of them, different ones. place, but the overall answer is yes, animals can get cancer."
This case of tumor that occurred in the nervous system of a giant panda and led to death within 72 hours is not only the first case in the history of giant pandas in captivity, but also because of its sudden onset. Both the disease and the rapid recovery are unexpected. It once again tells us that there are still many blind spots in the prevention and treatment of giant panda diseases. We will continue to strengthen exploration and research, strive to improve the medical level of giant pandas, and better maintain the health of the giant panda population.
