Colonic adenocarcinoma in a leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 294-295

  Patterson Kane, J C ^a   Redrobe, S P ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Veterinary Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONSTIPATION; DYING; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIZARD; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TUMOR CELL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; GEKKO; PANTHERA PARDUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 24944580975     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.10.294     Document Type: Article

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