Xanthomatosis in geckos: Five cases

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 443-447

  Garner, Michael M ^a   Lung, Nancy P ^b   Murray, Suzan ^b  

^a NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

^b Fort Worth Zoo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gecko; Hydrocephalus; Naultinus grayi; Uroplatus sp.; Xanthoma; Xanthomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; LIZARD; PATHOLOGY; XANTHOMATOSIS; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; AUTOPSY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; LIZARDS; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 0033183598     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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