title: Diagnostic Exercise: Metastatic Calcification in Guinea Pigs.
abstract: Seven male Hartley guinea pigs, 3 to 18 months old, died or had to be euthanized because of nonspecific clinical signs unresponsive to supportive treatment. Gross necropsy and histopathology findings in all animals included severe soft tissue calcification affecting the myocardium, kidneys, and occasionally the liver.
authors.affiliation: Animal Resources Center, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI jvillano@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Villano
authors.affiliation: Animal Resources Center, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Fann
authors.affiliation: Animal Resources Center, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Suckow
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology
keywords: calcification; guinea pig; heart failure