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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 13(4), 1977, pp. 346-348
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VAGINAL CALCULI IN THE DOLPHIN

JOAN E. SAWYER 1 and WILLIAM A. WALKER 2

1 Zoological Society of San Diego Research Department and Group in Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine M-012, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
2 Section of Mammalogy, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA

Examination of the reproductive tract of a mature spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata, revealed 13 vaginal calculi, composed primarily of calcium phosphate compounds. Vaginal calculi also were found in two mature Lagenorhynchus obliquidens and in six mature Delphinus delphis.

Submitted on June 6, 1977




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