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l-Thyroxine (T4, Levothyroxine)
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l-Thyroxine (T4, Levothyroxine)

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  2. Thöle M and Brezina T (2025) Thyroid disease in rabbits and rodents. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice 28(1), 69–85
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  3. Di Girolamo N, Studer K, Brandão J et al. (2023) Diagnosis and long-term treatment of suspected congenital hypothyroidism in a pigeon (Columba livia domestica). Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 37(3), 282–287
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  4. Franco KH and Hoover JP (2009) Levothyroxine as a treatment for presumed hypothyroidism in an adult male African spurred tortoise. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 19(2), 47–49
  5. Hadfield CA, Clayton LA, Clancy MM, Beck SE, Mangus LM and Montali RJ (2012) Proliferative thyroid lesions in three diplodactylid geckos: Nephrurus amyae, Nephrurus levis, and Oedura marmorata. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 43(1), 131–140
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  6. Norton TM, Jacobson ER, Caligiuru R and Kollias GV (1989) Medical management of a Galapagos tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) with hypothyroidism. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 20, 212–216
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