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Scientists at the National Zoo say a necropsy shows that a 6-day-old female giant panda cub died last month from insufficient oxygen to its liver because of lungs that were not fully developed.

As condolences poured in from around the world, National Zoo officials waited Monday for word on why a 6-day-old panda cub died and lamented a heartbreaking setback to their closely watched breeding program.

A week-old giant panda cub born at Washington DC's National Zoo had fluid in its abdomen and abnormalities of the liver, an initial necropsy shows.

A female giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo is a mother for the second time, giving birth to a cub. The birth late Sunday by Mei Xiang was a surprise after years of failed pregnancies.