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1 September 2010 Elodontoma in Captive Southern Red-Backed Voles (Myodes gapperi)
Julia Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez, Marie E. Pinkerton, Dennis M. Heisey, Randi Drees, Jay Schneider, Lacey Stickney, Erik K. Hofmeister, David Sanchez-Migallon Guzman
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Abstract

Five southern red-backed voles (Myodes gapperi) of the first generation of a wild-caught breeding colony were presented with lesions at the maxillary incisors consistent with elodontoma. The affected animals had a history of chronic weight loss, were >16 months of age, and were siblings. Radiographs of the head showed multiglobular to irregularly outlined mineral opacity masses at the apices of the maxillary incisors. On necropsy, maxillary incisor teeth were not grossly visible, and a gingival ulceration was observed at the expected site of eruption. Microscopically, the apical region of the maxillary incisors was thickened or replaced by irregular dental tissue masses consistent with elodontoma. This is the first report to describe elodontoma in red-backed voles.

Julia Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez, Marie E. Pinkerton, Dennis M. Heisey, Randi Drees, Jay Schneider, Lacey Stickney, Erik K. Hofmeister, and David Sanchez-Migallon Guzman "Elodontoma in Captive Southern Red-Backed Voles (Myodes gapperi)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 41(3), 555-561, (1 September 2010). https://doi.org/10.1638/2009-0244.1
Received: 27 November 2009; Published: 1 September 2010
KEYWORDS
Elodontoma
genetic factors
Myodes gapperi
persistent trauma
southern red-backed voles
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