Mast Cell Tumour in a Giant Galapagos Tortoise (Geochelone nigra vicina)

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 156-159

  Santoro, M ^a   Stacy, B A ^b   Morales, J A ^a   Gastezzi Arias, P ^a   Landazuli, S ^c   Jacobson, E R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c Giant Tortoises Breeding Centre   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Geochelone nigra vicina; giant Galapagos tortoise; mast cell tumour; tortoise; tumour

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL GRANULE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MASTOCYTOMA; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; MAST CELLS; MASTOCYTOMA, SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TURTLES;

GEOCHELONE NIGRA; GEOCHELONE NIGRA VICINA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 40849101555     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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