| herpesvirus particles associated with oral and respiratory lesions in a california desert tortoise (gopherus agassizii). | a 60-year-old captive california desert tortoise (gopherus agassizii) which died in august 1990 at the university of california, davis, california (usa), during treatment for colonic impaction had marked caseous necrosis of the oral cavity, choana, trachea, and lungs. numerous intranuclear inclusion bodies and a large number of syncytial giant cells were seen in the oral cavity and respiratory tract along with bacterial granulomas. pasteurella testudinis, streptococcus veridans, and coagulase-ne ... | 1996 | 8827680 |