Spinal deformity in a sandtiger shark, Carcharias taurus Rafinesque: A clinical-pathological study

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-60

  Preziosi, R ^a,f   Gridelli, S ^b   Borghetti, P ^c   Diana, A ^a   Parmeggiani, A ^a   Fioravanti, M L ^a   Marcer, F ^a   Bianchi, I ^b   Walsh, M ^d   Berzins, I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Le Navi Acquarium ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

^e Florida Aquarium   (United States)

^f Division of Veterinary Pathology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcharias taurus; Chondrocyte; Kyphosis; Scoliosis; Shark; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

SHARK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARTILAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOBACTERIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; SHARK; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; LIVER; MALE; PANCREAS; PHOTOBACTERIUM; SHARKS; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAMINS;

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 33645102627     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2005.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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