Oviduct adenocarcinoma in some species of captive snakes

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 693-697

  Pereira, M E ^b   Viner, T C ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Huntingdon Life Sciences New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Oviduct; Reptile; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORALLUS CANINUS; CORALLUS HORTULANUS; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS MELANOLEUCUS; PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; OVIDUCT; PATHOLOGY; SNAKE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; OVIDUCTS; SNAKES;

EID: 55949112515     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-5-693     Document Type: Article

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