Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1999

Bilateral Calcium Phosphate Ureteroliths and Spirorchid Trematode Infection in a Red-eared Slider Tbrtle, Trachemys scripta elegans, with a Review of the Pathology of Spirorchiasis

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DVM, DACVP
Page Range: 32 – 35
DOI: 10.5818/1076-3139.9.3.32
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ABSTRACT

A red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans, was examined due to progressive anorexia and edema of the cervical and axillary areas. Radiographs revealed bilateral caudal coelomic mineral densities in the region of the kidneys. The turtle died within 48 hours of hospitalization. Post mortem examination revealed bilateral calcium phosphate ureteroliths and widespread dissemination of spirorchid trematode ova.

Copyright: © 1999, ARAV. 1999
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