A chemodectoma of the aortic body was found at the base of heart of a Brahminy duck (Tadorna ferruginea). It incorporated aorta and pulmonary artery at their emergence, part of vagus nerve, sympathetic ganglion, and thyroid gland. The tumor cells had infiltrated the local lymphatics only.
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