Benign ovarian teratoma in a red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 122-123

  Hidalgo Vila, J ^a   Martinez Silvestre A ^b   Diaz Paniagua C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Centro de Recuperacion de Anfibios y Reptiles de Catalunya (CRARC)   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIFICATION; ECTODERM; FEMALE; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; MESODERM; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY TERATOMA; SPAIN; SPECIES RARITY; TURTLE;

TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 33746836093     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.4.122     Document Type: Article

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