With donkeys often being allowed to continue well into old age, it is inevitable that neoplasia should be a common outcome of post-mortem examinations. Intra-abdominal tumours are most common with hepatic
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carcinoma, lymphosarcoma, intestinal adenocarcinoma and leiomyomas most likely to be found. Affected animals present with progressive anaemia and there is often an associated secondary [[Hyperlipaemia - Donkey|hyperlipaemia]].
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Interestingly the pedunculated lipoma, so beloved of the obese aged pony, would appear relatively uncommon in the donkey. Gastric squamous cell carcinomas and granulosa cell tumours are also relatively uncommon.
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