Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 2013
Mineralized Coelomic Mass in a Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)
Mineralized Coelomic Mass in a Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)
BVetMed, MRCVS,
BVMS, BSc, DZooMed (Avian), MRCVS,
BSc (Hons), PhD, MRSC,
BSc (Hons), BVSc, MSB, CBiol, DZooMed (Mammalian), MRCVS, and
MBVNA, CertExotics RVN
Page Range: 37 – 41
Copyright: © 2013 Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 2013
Figure 1.
Dorsoventral radiographic image of a yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle presented for a pre-export examination.
Figure 2.
Cranio-caudal radiographic image of a yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle presented for a pre-export examination.
Figure 3.
Lateral radiographic image of a yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle presented for a pre-export examination.
Figure 4.
Energy dispersive x-ray analysis showing that the gastrolith was composed entirely of calcium, carbon, oxygen, and phosphorus.
Figure 5.
Powder x-ray crystallography was used to identify any crystalline phase. Peaks are labelled for calcium carbonate (▪) and calcium phosphate (•).
Figure 6.
Scanning electron micrograph image confirming organic material present within the calculus.
