Sublingual squamous cell carcinoma in an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 573-576

  Renner, Michael S ^a   Ewing, Ruth ^b,c   Bossart, Gregory D ^b   Harris, Don ^d  

^a Sea World of Ohio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Exotic Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Neoplasia; Oral cavity; Squamous cell carcinoma; Sublingual; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOLPHIN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE TUMOR; ULCER; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOLPHINS; MALE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; ULCER;

EID: 0033291401     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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