Ultrasound imaging of the inguinal region of adult male loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-76

  Pease, Anthony ^a,e   Blanvillain, Gaëlle ^b   Rostal, David ^c   Owens, David ^b   Segars, Al ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Caretta; Celioscopy; Laparoscopy; Loggerhead; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOLOGY; MALE; TESTIS; TURTLE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; TESTIS; TURTLES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY BLADDER;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77950390953     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2009-0109.1     Document Type: Article

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