Four peckin ducks belonging to poultry farm, College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati were presented for the post mortem examination. Clinically the birds have shown inappetance, emaciation, abdominal distention. Gross lesions included the abdominal cavity filled with straw colored fluid with fibrin shreds, peritonitis, enlarged liver with multiple nodules on the surface and bile stasis on cut section, diffuse intestinal congestion. Histopathologically, liver showed clusters of neoplastic hepatocytes surrounded by connective tissue strands. The gross and histopathological lesions are suggestive of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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