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RADIOGRAPHIC AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF EGG RETENTION AND PERITONITIS IN TWO GREEN IGUANAS (IGUANA IGUANA) |
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| Authors: | Nancy E. Love DVM James P. Douglass DVM MS Gregory Lewbart MS VMD Michael Stoskopf DVM PhD |
| Affiliation: | Department of Anatomy, Physiological Sciences, and Radiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.;Department of Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. |
| Abstract: | The radiographic technique and radiographic and sonographic findings in two green iguanas with egg retention and peritonitis are described. Neither radiography nor ultrasound provided for identification of free eggs within the coelomic structure secondary to presumed oviduct rupture. Gravidity and coelomic effusion were confirmed by both radiography and ultrasound. Radiography and ultrasound are valuable tools in the diagnosis of egg retention and peritonitis in the green iguana. |
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