Surgical Wound Infection Rates in Dogs and Cats Data from a Teaching Hospital

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 60-64

  VASSEUR, PHILIP B ^a   LEVY, JULIE ^a   DOWD, ELISA ^a   ELIOT, JEFFREY ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; MICROCOMPUTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MICROCOMPUTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0023980072     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1988.tb00278.x     Document Type: Article

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