Photodermatitis and photokeratoconjunctivitis in a ball python (Python regius) and a blue-tongue skink (Tiliqua spp.)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 757-766

  Gardiner, David W ^a   Baines, Frances M ^b   Pandher, Karamjeet ^a,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Greenfield   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial lighting; Histopathology; Photodermatitis; Photokeratoconjunctivitis; Reptile; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LIZARD; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; SKIN; SNAKE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BOIDAE; FEMALE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LIZARDS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYTHON REGIUS; REPTILIA; TILIQUA;

EID: 72649101971     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2009-0007.1     Document Type: Article

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