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Liver from a Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans) tadpole

By National Wildlife Health Center
Photomicrographs of liver from a Green Frog tadpole
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Liver from a Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans) tadpole. (A) Over 90% of the organ is infiltrated, effaced and replaced by protozoal spores (Perkinsea) admixed with necrotic debris. (B) Perkinsea spores are 4 to 6-µm in diameter spherical structures with thick, deep basophilic walls, and granular pale basophilic cytoplasm. H&E stain.

 

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