A poorly differentiated pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma in a free-ranging Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 162-165

  Ewing, Ruth Y ^a,b   Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRONCHUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037672897     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870301500211     Document Type: Article

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