Dental and Mandibular Injury in an Antarctic fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella, at Heard Island, Southern Ocean

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 376-380

  Erb, E ^a,d   Shaughnessy, P D ^b   De Norman, R J B ^c,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Park Beim Betonwerk   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic fur seal; Arctocephalus gazella; Heard Island; Mandibular injury; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; GAZELLA; PHOCIDAE;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANINE TOOTH; CASE REPORT; DISLOCATION; INDIAN OCEAN; INJURY; JAW DISEASE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; SEAL; TOOTH FRACTURE;

AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AUSTRALIA; CUSPID; DISLOCATIONS; FUR SEALS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALE; MANDIBULAR INJURIES; OSTEOMYELITIS; TOOTH FRACTURES;

EID: 0030116759     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.376     Document Type: Article

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