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The liver tissue is heavily infiltrated with fat.
 
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Most tortoises are facultative herbivores and, thus, thrive on a diet of high-quality nutritive vegetable fibre.
 
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During the necropsy of an adult African leopard tortoise, this piece of liver tissue was found. When placed into formalin solution for preservation, it did not sink.


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What is your interpretation of this liver tissue? Link to Article
What common husbandry practice is likely to have induced the changes found in the liver of this tortoise? Link to Article


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