Synovial fluid from an African spur-thighed tortoise (Geochelone sulcata)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-46

  Casimire Etzioni, Athema L ^a,b,c   Wellehan, James F X ^a   Embury, Jennifer E ^a   Terrell, Scott P ^a   Raskin, Rose E ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African spur thighed tortoise; Cytology; Geochelone sulcata; Gout; Urates; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DYSPNEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TURTLE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VOMITING;

ANIMALIA; GEOCHELONE; GEOCHELONE SULCATA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO GRAECA;

EID: 2142754027     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2004.tb00349.x     Document Type: Article

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