View Full Version : Siberian Tiger with CDH?
Ourfamily Wilson
01-04-2014, 11:17 AM
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
01-04-2014, 11:50 AM
:( I think I heard about another tiger born with cdh. Also heard its common in cats.
KarlaHolt
01-04-2014, 12:57 PM
Awwww. Sad news.
Chris and TracyMeats
01-04-2014, 02:07 PM
Very sad news.....they do find CDH occurs in animals too. :-(
joshoshensley
01-05-2014, 01:19 AM
CDH is definitely not limited to humans. I also read somewhere it is most common in cats in the animal kingdom.
LaurenWard
01-05-2014, 09:45 PM
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
01-06-2014, 08:49 PM
How sad. Didn't realize was common in animals.
Megan Smith-Weedon
01-08-2014, 07:34 PM
Wow, that's interesting. Is it as common in cats as it is in humans?
joshoshensley
01-09-2014, 06:54 PM
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
01-09-2014, 07:03 PM
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.