Teratoma in desert grassland whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus uniparens).
The clinical, gross necropsy, and histopathology findings in two unrelated desert grassland whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus uniparens) with teratoma are described. The desert grassland whiptail is a parthenogenic lizard species with a polyploid chromosomal complement. The chromosome composition of the teratomas from these lizards was not determined.
Tocidlowski
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ME
Environmental Medicine Consortium, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, USA.
Merrill
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CL
Loomis
M R
MR
Wright
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JF
D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D008116:Lizards; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*