Comparative studies on the diagnostic value of conventional radiography and computed tomography in evaluating the heads of psittacine and raptorial birds

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-157

  Krautwald Junghanns, Maria Elisabeth ^a   Kostka, Veit Matthias ^a   Dörsch, Bernd ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Head; Psittacine birds; Radiography; Raptors; Rhinitis; Sinusitis; Skull

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001310594     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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