Acute gastrointestinal disease in 27 new world camelids: Clinical and surgical findings

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 112-121

  Cebra, Christopher K ^a   Cebra, Margaret L ^a   Garry, Franklyn B ^a   Larsen, R Scott ^a   Baxter, Gary M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; ASCITES FLUID; BEZOAR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FECES IMPACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MORTALITY; PERITONITIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; BEZOARS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; COHORT STUDIES; FECAL IMPACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; PERITONITIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032011323     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1998.tb00106.x     Document Type: Article

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