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Adenovirus Hepatitis in a Boa Constrictor ( Boa Constrictor ) [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 2000 A boa constrictor was submitted for postmortem evaluation. At necropsy, there were no substantial lesions except in the liver. Light microscopy revealed severe multifocal to coalescing coagulative necrotic hepatitis, with basophilic and eosinophilic intranuclear inclusions in hepatocytes within the necrotic foci.
A, Ramis +5 more
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Porocephalus species (Pentastomida) infecting Boa constrictor (Boidae) and Lachesis muta (Viperidae) in northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Biotemas, 2008 Espécies de Porocephalus (Pentastomida) infectando Boa constrictor (Boidae) e Lachesis muta (Viperidae) na Região Nordeste do Brasil. O Brasil possui uma grande diversidade de cobras, mas há poucos trabalhos realizados sobre parasitismo destas por ...
Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida +3 more
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Identification and characterization of the first endogenous phospholipase A2 inhibitor from a non-venomous tropical snake, Boa constrictor (Serpentes: Boidae) [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2020 Background: Endogenous phospholipase A2 inhibitors from snake blood (sbPLIs) have been isolated from several species around the world, with the primary function of self-protection against the action of toxic phospholipases A2. In American snakes, sbPLIs
Consuelo L. Fortes-Dias +4 more
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Virtopsy of a gravid Boa constrictor using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
Veterinary and Animal Science, 2020 : This article presents radiologic examinations of a deeply sedated Boa constrictor with boid inclusion body disease (BIBD) as an adjunction to the subsequent necropsy. This method is known as virtopsy. The Boa constrictor in the present case was gravid.
Dominic Gascho +5 more
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling improves occurrence and detection estimates of invasive burmese pythons. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Environmental DNA (eDNA) methods are used to detect DNA that is shed into the aquatic environment by cryptic or low density species. Applied in eDNA studies, occupancy models can be used to estimate occurrence and detection probabilities and thereby ...
Margaret E Hunter +7 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011 Few felids have been recorded as being preyed upon by the boa constrictor snake (Boa constrictor). Documentation of predation on felids by reptiles is scarce, and natural predators of the adult jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) are poorly known.
Octavio Monroy-Vilchis +2 more
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Animals, 2021 The Boa constrictor is one of the most common reptiles bred in captivity. To achieve a successful breeding season, thorough knowledge of the females’ reproductive activity is necessary.
Mara Bertocchi +7 more
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Blood biochemical profile of Boa constrictor in captivity [PDF]
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e ZootecniaBoa constrictor snakes are among the most commercialized unconventional domestic animals in Brazil, following a global trend. Veterinary clinics are undergoing a transformation, requiring more specialized knowledge in specific areas.
M.R. Lempek +3 more
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The Derivation of the Cells of the Epidermal Strata of the Boa Constrictor (Constrictor Constrictor)
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1974 The epidermis of squamate reptiles is generated and shed discontinuously. Multiple cornified strata which are histologically, ultrastructurally, biochemically, biophysically, and developmentally distinct are formed sequentially from cells forced out of the germinal stratum.
Downing, Stephen W., Roth, Sanford I.
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Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2008 Uma jibóia (Boa constrictor), de onze anos de cativeiro, apresentou à seis meses um histórico de aumento de volume ao longo da coluna vertebral e perda progressiva dos movimentos e de apetite.
N.M. Ocarino +4 more
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