Characteristics and management of gunshot wounds in dogs and cats: 84 cases (1986-1995)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 658-662

  Fullington, Robert J ^a,b   Otto, Cynthia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; INJURY; LIMB; MALE; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ANIMALS; CATS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DOGS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MALE; NECK INJURIES; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0031092690     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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