Comparison of histological features, and description of histopathological lesions in thyroid glands from three species of free-ranging sharks from the northwestern Atlantic, the blue shark, Prionace glauca (L.), the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrhinchus Rafinesque, and the thresher, Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 785-793

  Borucinska, J D ^a   Tafur, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Bioindicators; Lesions; Morphology; Sharks; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COLLOID; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COLLOIDS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; SHARKS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; MYXOSPOREA; NEMATODA; PISCES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 68949108025     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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