renal/urinary system
• bronze
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• golden pigment
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• severe mineralization that is multifocal to coalescing and involves the tubular tissues and blood vessel walls
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• golden pigment in medullary tubules
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hematopoietic system
• minimal haemopoiesis is evident in the red pulp
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• complete absence of periarteriolar lymphoid sheaths
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small spleen
(
J:104190
)
• very small
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respiratory system
• severe mineralisation of tracheal cartilage rings and submucosa
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muscle
• loops of small intestine indicating the presence of a diaphragmatic hernia
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• moderate mineralisation of the smooth muscle of the tunica muscularis
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immune system
• complete absence of periarteriolar lymphoid sheaths
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small spleen
(
J:104190
)
• very small
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homeostasis/metabolism
dehydration
(
J:104190
)
• moderate
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digestive/alimentary system
• effaced lamina prioria due to large amounts of mineralization
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• severe dilatation of occasional gastric glands with necrotic cellular content as well as fragments of calcium
• severe mineralisation of all small blood vessels and the entire submucosa of the glandular stomach
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• severe dilatation of occasional gastric glands
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cardiovascular system
• severe multifocal mineralisation of the aorta and large blood vessels
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hemorrhage
(
J:104190
)
• moderate medullary haemorrhage in the bone
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skeleton
• severe mineralisation of tracheal cartilage rings and submucosa
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• may be related to excessive bone destruction resulting in hypercalcaemia
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limbs/digits/tail
• small, focal areas of mineralisation in the dermal tissue, connective tissue and adjacent to the bone
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• severe dilatation of occasional gastric glands
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