title: Technique of mandibular salivary gland biopsy in river otters (Lutra canadensis).
abstract: A Franklin-Silverman biopsy needle was used to obtain 2-5- x 1-2-mm mandibular salivary gland tissue samples percutaneously from nine North American river otters (Lutra canadensis). The samples were suitable for fluorescent antibody or polymerase chain reaction rabies testing. Ninety-two percent (11/12) of the biopsy procedures yielded histologically confirmed salivary gland tissue, and the remaining biopsy yielded adipose tissue. No complications were noted after 5-21 days.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Medicine Consortium and Department of Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Tocidlowski
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Harms
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Sumner
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Stoskopf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D005618:Fresh Water; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D009657:North Carolina; D010041:Otters / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology*