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Cleft Palate in a Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, 2019Abstract A 5-month-old female chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) was evaluated for failure to thrive, difficulty drinking, and respiratory signs. Physical examination demonstrated a thin body condition score, purulent nasal and ocular discharge, and an abnormal facial appearance.
Sarah Ozawa +4 more
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Disseminated Mycobacterium genavense Infection in a Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2014A 1-year-old neutered male chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) was presented with emaciation and a 1-month history of progressive weight loss. The animal was bright and responsive on clinical examination, but had poor body condition. Serum biochemical analysis revealed elevated alanine amino transferase and alkaline phosphatase. Ultrasound examination was
M, Huynh, J-L, Pingret, A, Nicolier
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The Chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera
1975The chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) is bred in a few laboratories, but at this time it is mostly bred on commercial ranches. The animal is a small to medium-sized rodent and is famous for its soft, dense, and highly valued pelt. Genetically, the chinchilla is remarkable in that its fur is devoid of phaeomelanin.
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Generalized Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
Veterinary Parasitology, 2014Taenia crassiceps is a cestode parasite that uses carnivores as definitive hosts and rodents and rabbits as main intermediate hosts, but other animal species and humans may also get infected. One adult male chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) from an animal shelter in Switzerland presented widespread subcutaneous fluctuant swellings extended over the ...
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Comparison of rectal and tympanic thermometry in chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera)
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2017Abstract OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of restraint time and thermometer insertion depth on rectal temperature measurements in chinchillas and determine the extent of agreement between temperatures measured with 2 tympanic and a rectal thermometer. DESIGN Prospective method comparison study. ANIMALS 47 healthy chinchillas.
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The Right Coronary Artery is Absent in the Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, 2007SummaryA total of 10 adult, healthy, male chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera) were used to investigate the origin, course, and termination of the coronary arteries. Coloured latex was injected into the carotid arteries following conventional anatomical applications. In all the chinchillas examined, the left coronary artery was the single coronary artery.
Ozdemir, V. +2 more
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Update on Diseases of Chinchillas
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 2013Chinchillas have been successfully maintained in captivity for almost a century. They have only recently been recognized as excellent, long-lived, and robust pets. Most of the literature on diseases of chinchillas comes from farmed chinchillas, whereas reports of pet chinchilla diseases continue to be sparse.
Christoph, Mans, Thomas M, Donnelly
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Hyperlipidemia and Noise in the Chinchilla
Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 1985Chinchillas were maintained on a 1% cholesterol diet for 6 months. Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) measurements were obtained before and at 1, 3, 5, and 6 months after initiation of diet. Compound Action Potential (AP) measurements were obtained at sacrifice at 6 months. A significant reduction in ABR was seen at 5 months-on-diet.
T, Morizono +4 more
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Neurological examination in healthy chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera)
Laboratory Animals, 2017Chinchillas are popular as laboratory models and companion animals, and they can be affected by a variety of infectious and non-infectious neurological diseases. Little information is available on making a neurological diagnosis in this species, in part because the neurological examination has not been standardized in chinchillas and the expected ...
Renata, Snow +2 more
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STEROID METABOLIC PATHWAYS IN THE OVARY OF THE CHINCHILLA (CHINCHILLA LANIGER)
Journal of Endocrinology, 1972SUMMARY The ovarian tissue components of the pregnant chinchilla were incubated with equimolar amounts of [7α-3H]pregnenolone and [4-14C]progesterone. The greater contribution by [7α-3H]pregnenolone than by [4-14C]progesterone towards the formation of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone and androstenedione, and the relatively high yields of 17α ...
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