Siberian Tiger with CDH?

[Ourfamily Wilson]

http://www.news1130.com/2014/01/03/sweetie-the-tiger-had-a-hernia-necropsy/

A sad passing the other day of a tiger in a local zoo which seems to have had a diaphragmatic hernia from birth.

[FeleciaWoodruff]

:( I think I heard about another tiger born with cdh. Also heard its common in cats.

[KarlaHolt]

Awwww. Sad news.

[Chris and TracyMeats]

Very sad news.....they do find CDH occurs in animals too. :-(

[joshoshensley]

CDH is definitely not limited to humans. I also read somewhere it is most common in cats in the animal kingdom.

[LaurenWard]

The X-ray technician at our family doctor had a cat that had a diaphragmatic hernia. She paid for his surgical repair and he's as healthy as ever now :)

[AmandaPlakholm]

How sad. Didn't realize was common in animals.

[Megan Smith-Weedon]

Wow, that's interesting. Is it as common in cats as it is in humans?

[joshoshensley]

Don't quote me on it, but I read somewhere (which I can't find the article now) that it is as common in cats, but rarely diagnosed.

[Megan Smith-Weedon]

Well how about that. I never heard of it until Alyssa was diagnosed with it and never thought it would be common in cats. Very interesting.