Aural-pharyngeal polyps associated with Cryptosporidium infection in three iguanas (Iguana iguana)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-242

  Uhl, E W ^a   Jacobson, E ^b   Bartick, T E ^b   Micinilio, J ^b   Schimdt, R ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aural pharyngeal polyp; Cryptosporidium; Iguanas

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; IGUANA IGUANA; IGUANIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EAR TUMOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX CANCER; POLYP;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EAR NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IGUANAS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYPS;

EID: 0035286237     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.38-2-239     Document Type: Article

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