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  • After slicing open some of the crocodile corpses last year, researchers determined some kind of pansteatitis-an inflammation of adipose tissue-was killing the animals.

    Wildlife Disease News Digest 2009

  • Post-mortem results showed that the crocodiles died of pansteatitis, a disease which results in the general hardening of the body fat, mostly as a result of inadequate antioxidant levels.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The cause of their death is pansteatitis, a condition where the fat of the animal solidifies, rendering it immobile.

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed 2008

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