Health - Tumors

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Benitz KF, Kramer Jr AW (1965) Spontaneous tumours in the Mongolian gerbil. Laboratory Animal Care 15, 281–94.

Guzmán-Silva, M.A., Costa-Neves, M. (2006). Incipient spontaneous granulosa cell tumour in the gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus. Laboratory Animals 40, 96-101.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rsm/lab/2006/00000040/00000001/art00012;jsessionid=1n7a67n6tgyxg.alice?format=print

Guzmán -Silva MA, Rossi MID (1990) Incidence of spontaneous neoplasms in the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus. World Congress on Laboratory Animal Science. Caxambu´ , MG, Brazil, 85.

Matsuoka K, Suzuki J (1995) Spontaneous tumours in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Jikken-Dobutsu 43, 755–60.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7498343&dopt=Citation

Meckley PE, Zwicker GM (1979) Naturally occurring neoplasms in the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus. Laboratory Animals 13, 203–6.
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Ringler DH, Lay DL, Abrams GD (1972) Spontaneous neoplasm in aging Gerbillinae. Laboratory Animal Science 22, 407–14.

Rowe SE, Simmons JL, Ringler DH, Lay DM (1974) Spontaneous neoplasms in aging Gerbillinae. A summary of forty-four neoplasms. Veterinary Pathology 11, 38–51.

Vincent AL, Ash LR (1978) Further observations on spontaneous neoplasms in the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus. Laboratory Animal Science 28, 297–300.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=210328&dopt=Citation

Vincent AL, Porter DD, Ash LR (1979) The pathology of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus): a review. Laboratory Animal Science 29, 645–51.
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Here is a web based paper on the topic of scent gland tumors and other gerbil related tumors. the author is Eddie Cope.
www.egerbil.com/neoplasia.html

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Specific to cholesteatomata:

Chole RA et al. (1981). Cholesteatoma: spontaneous occurrence in the Mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus. American Journal of Otology 2:204-210.
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Henry KR et al. (1983). Age-related increase of spontaneous aural cholesteatoma in the Mongolian gerbil. Archives of Otolaryngology 109:19-21.
archotol.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/109/1/19

McGinn MD et al. (1982). Cholesteatoma: experimental induction in the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus. Acta Oto-laryngologica 93:61-67.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=7064697&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus

Ostapoff EM, Morest DK. (1989). A degenerative disorder of the central auditory system of the gerbil. Hearing Research 37:141-162.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2914809&dopt=Citation

Schiffer SP et al. (1986). Diagnostic exercise: head tilt in a gerbil. Laboratory Animal Science 36:176-177.
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