Struvite calculus in the vagina of a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-128

  McFee, Wayne E ^a   Osborne, Carl A ^b  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Case report; Struvite; Tursiops truncatus; Vaginal calculus

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 3543066389     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.1.125     Document Type: Article

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