Tumours (neoplasms) of reptiles: Some significant cases from Jersey Zoo

Authors
Cooper, JE
Citation
Je. Cooper, Tumours (neoplasms) of reptiles: Some significant cases from Jersey Zoo, DODO, 36, 2000, pp. 82-86
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
DODO
ISSN journal
02655640 → ACNP
Volume
36
Year of publication
2000
Pages
82 - 86
Database
ISI
SICI code
0265-5640(2000)36:<82:T(ORSS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Tumours (neoplasms) were diagnosed in three species of reptile at Jersey Zo o. These were leukaemia and malignant lymphoma in Jamaican boas Epicrates s ubflavus, squamous cell carcinoma in Round Island skinks Leiolopisma telfai rii and a bile duct adenoma in a plumed basilisk Basiliscus plumifrons. No other neoplasms of reptiles were detected nor were there any records of tum ours in Trust records and reports between 1964 and 1999.