Preventing dental calculus formation in lemurs (Lemur catta, Eulemur fulvus collaris) and baboons (Papio cynocephalus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-382

  Willis, George P ^a   Kapustin, Nikolay ^b   Warrick, Janice M ^a   Miller, Linda L ^a   Stookey, George K ^a   Hopkins, Daniel T ^c   Doan, Eric J ^a   Ross, Stephanie R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b INDIANAPOLIS ZOO   (United States)

^c Purina Mills   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Calculus; Lemur; Prevention; Sodium hexametaphosphate

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; PAPIO; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROSIMIAN; TOOTH CALCULUS; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CHELATING AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; DIET; FEMALE; LEMURIDAE; MALE; PAPIO; PHOSPHATES;

EID: 0033183572     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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