The Thyroid Gland in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Texas Coast of the Gulf of Mexico: Normal Structure and Pathological Changes

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 217-225

  Cowan, D F ^a,b,c,d   Tajima, Y ^a  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^d Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network   (United States)

Author keywords

amyloidosis; arteritis; cetacean; dolphin; nodular hyperplasia; thyroid gland; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CYST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDITIS; UNITED STATES; VASCULITIS;

ADENOMA; AGE FACTORS; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33750682741     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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