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Blood chemical values of the common boa constrictor (Constrictor constrictor)

American Journal of Veterinary Research, 1982
SUMMARY Reference values of 24 serum constituents in 5 boa constrictors (Constrictor constrictor) were determined under fasting conditions. After feeding, serum uric acid, cholesterol, carbon dioxide, and triglyceride values increased. These values decreased to fasting values within 6 days.
R J, Chiodini, J P, Sundberg
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The ultrastructure of epidermal maturation in the skin of the boa constrictor (Constrictor constrictor)

Journal of Ultrastructure Research, 1970
The epidermis of the boa constrictor (Constrictor constrictor) has five histologically distinct strata. Ultrastructurally these mature in one of two patterns. The mesos, alpha, lacunar, and clear strata resemble in their ultrastructural maturation, the external root sheath of the hair below where there is keratohyalin. The mature alpha and clear strata
S I, Roth, W A, Jones
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BILATERALLY SYMMETRICAL ORAL AMELANOTIC MELANOMA IN A BOA CONSTRICTOR (BOA CONSTRICTOR CONSTRICTOR)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 2015
A 17-yr-old boa constrictor (Boa constrictor constrictor) presented initially with diffuse gingival swelling, loose teeth, and loss of body condition. Examination under anesthesia revealed two firm pink masses within the oral cavity. The largest mass was removed for biopsy.
Kimberly A, Thompson, Mark, Campbell, Gregory, Levens, Dalen, Agnew   +3 more
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Experimental Study of Induced Inflammation in the Brazilian Boa (Boa constrictor constrictor)

Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2001
The objective of this work was to identify the cellular types present in inflammatory processes in the Brazilian snake, Boa constrictor constrictor. Blood smears were first made from three normal snakes and stained by several methods to identify the cell types present, thus facilitating the identification of cells in inflammatory processes induced in ...
M, Tucunduva, P, Borelli, J R, Silva
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Hemoglobins of Boa constrictor amarali

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry, 1976
Abstract 1. 1. Hemoglobin polymorphism has been demonstrated in populations of Boa constrictor amarali in South America (Schwantes, 1972). The oxygen-binding properties of the two major hemoglobin phenotypes, denoted Boa Hb SS and Boa Hb SF, show only minor functional differences. 2. 2.
A, Schwantes, M L, Schwantes, C, Bonaventura, B, Sullivan, J, Bonaventura   +4 more
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Tongue movements in the common boa (Constrictor constrictor)

Animal Behaviour, 1972
Abstract Tongue movements were studied in Contsrictor constrictor by direct observation and by analysis of motion pictures. Vertical tongue movements consisted of an invariant sequence of protrusion, oscillation up and down, and retraction. Lateral deviation of the tongue occurred only in the company of vertical movements and was correlated with the ...
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Renal Styphlodoriasis in a Boa Constrictor

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1977
SUMMARY Renal styphlodoriasis was diagnosed in a 2½-year-old male boa constrictor (Constrictor constrictor). The snake had been anorexic for 6 months prior to its death. Necropsy revealed numerous hard, white foci of mineralization in the kidneys.
K R, Kazacos, L F, Fisher
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Undifferentiated Carcinoma in the Ovary of a Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor ortoni)

The Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine, 1988
A long-term captive Peruvian red-tail boa constrictor (Boa constrictor ortoni) exhibited anorexia and weight loss prior to sudden death. An undifferentiated carcinoma with characteristics of a granulosa cell tumor was identified. Metastasis was manifested as nodules embedded in par aovar?an mesentery and the surface of the liver.
Scott J. Michaels, Robin Sanecki
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The ultrastructure and enzymatic activity of the boa constrictor (Constrictor constrictor) skin during the resting phase

Journal of Ultrastructure Research, 1967
The epithelium of the boa constrictor is shown to have five ultrastructurally distinct layers. These are a basal layer of relatively undifferentiated germinal cells and intermingled melanocytes; a differentiating layer of spinous cells, similar to mammalian spinous cells and containing specialized clear cells which may be in the process of maturation ...
S I, Roth, W A, Jones
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Cytoarchitecture of nucleus sphericus in the common boa, Constrictor constrictor

Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1973
AbstractThe normal anatomy of nucleus sphericus in the common boa (Constrictor constrictor) is described here on the basis of routine light microscopic and Golgi material. Nucleus sphericus is a cup‐shaped aggregation of cells lying in the forebrain posterior to the anterior commissure and consisting of three concentric layers.
P S, Ulinski, D A, Kanarek
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