Suspected intestinal torsion in a blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 170-172

  Morales, Patricia ^a   Dunker, Freeland ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacktip reef shark; Carcharhinus melanopterus; Intestinal prolapse; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENTEROPATHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHARK; TISSUE INJURY; TORSION;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; INTESTINAL DISEASES; PROLAPSE; RECURRENCE; SHARKS; TORSION;

EID: 0033087281     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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