Pathology of diseases in wild desert tortoises from California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 508-523

  Homer, Bruce L ^a   Berry, Kristin H ^b   Brown, Mary B ^a   Ellis, Georgeann ^a   Jacobson, Elliott R ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert tortoise; Diseases; Gopherus agassizii; Pathology; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE; DESERT CLIMATE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; INJURY; KIDNEY; LARGE INTESTINE; LIVER; MALE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; UROLITHIASIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BONE AND BONES; CALIFORNIA; DESERT CLIMATE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; INTESTINE, LARGE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NECROSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; TURTLES; URINARY CALCULI; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032110485     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.3.508     Document Type: Article

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