Aggressive keloid-mimicking tumor in Melanosuchus niger in captivity

The objective of this note is to describe a case of exuberant scarring formation, with keloid characteristics and pseudo-tumoral configuration in a male Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger), with an estimated age of 60 years, belonging to the Zoobotanical Park at the Emílio Goeldi Museum, located in Be...

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Main Authors: Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira, Antônio Messias Costa, Aline Amaral Imbeloni, Thatiana de Andrade Figueiredo, Klena Sarges Marruaz da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2013-07-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782013000700021&lng=en&tlng=en