Pyometra and uterine adenocarcinoma in a melengestrol acetate-implanted captive coati (Nasua nasua)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-251

  Chittick, Elizabeth ^a,c   Rotstein, David ^a   Brown, Talmage ^a   Wolfe, Barbara ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

^c SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coati; Melengestrol acetate; Nasua nasua; Procyonid; Pyometra; Uterine adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

MELENGESTROL ACETATE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG IMPLANT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; REOPERATION; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS DISEASE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CARNIVORA; DRUG IMPLANTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; REOPERATION; SUPPURATION; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038601500     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0245:PAUAIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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