Low temperatures reduce skin healing in the Jacaré do Pantanal (Caiman yacare, Daudin 1802)
Summary Studies of skin wound healing in crocodilians are necessary given the frequent occurrence of cannibalism in intensive farming systems. Air temperature affects tissue recovery because crocodilians are ectothermic. Therefore, the kinetics of skin wound healing in Caiman yacare were examined at...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Biology Open |
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| Online Access: | http://bio.biologists.org/content/2/11/1171 |