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'''A juvenile Solomon Island prehensile-tailed skink dies suddenly without displaying signs of illness. During necropsy examination of the carcase, white deposits are found within the pericardial sac and beneath the serosal surfaces of the thoracic portion of the coelomic cavity.'''
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'''This is one of a shipment of Asian box turtles that was received by a pet distributor. Several of these turtles exhibited marked depression and died within a day or two after arrival. Once a diagnosis was made, the rest of the turtles were treated and recovered. A stained blood film was made from one of these turtles.'''
  
 
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Visceral gout.
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Spirochaetosis.
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Hyperuricaemia due to overwhelming the renal threshold for uric acid clearance can be induced by dehydration, a diet too high in animal protein sources, nephrosis and nephritis, and renal damage induced by nephrotoxic drugs.
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Daily intramuscular injections of enrofloxacin (10mg/kg for 10 days) and daily intracoelomic injections of lactated Ringer’s solution (20ml/kg for 10 days).
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This is one of a shipment of Asian box turtles that was received by a pet distributor. Several of these turtles exhibited marked depression and died within a day or two after arrival. Once a diagnosis was made, the rest of the turtles were treated and recovered. A stained blood film was made from one of these turtles.


Question Answer Article
What is your diagnosis? [[|Link to Article]]
What would your treatment be for the rest of the turtles? [[|Link to Article]]


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