Hepatic lesions in cetaceans stranded in the Canary Islands

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-153

  Jaber, J R ^a   Perez J ^b   Arbelo, M ^a   Andrada, M ^a   Hidalgo, M ^a   Gomez Villamandos J C ^b   Van Den Ingh, T ^c   Fernandez A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Facultad de Veterinaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Dolphins; Hepatic lesions; Liver; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CETACEA; CHOLANGITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; FISH DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYALINE DEGENERATION; LIPIDOSIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHALE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CETACEA; CHOLANGITIS; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; INCLUSION BODIES; LIPIDOSES; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STENELLA FRONTALIS;

EID: 11144353856     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.41-2-147     Document Type: Article

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