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Emslie, R.S.; Zeiler, G.; Loock, D.; Boy, S.C.; Steenkamp, G.
Dental pathology in a wild serval (_Leptailurus serval_) population
2020 Journal of Comparative Pathology (180): 16-28
Members of the family Felidae suffer from a wide range of dental, oral and maxillofacial conditions that can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Although many dental, oral and maxillofacial anomalies of the domestic cat (_Felis catus_) also occur in wild felines, we could find no investigations of these conditions in servals (_Leptailurus serval_). The objective of this study was to describe the dental, oral and axillofacial pathology of a wild serval population in South Africa. Detailed extraoral and intraoral examinations and full-mouth dental radiographs on 30 wild servals revealed 14 different dental conditions but no other oral or maxillofacial pathology.
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