Surgical treatment of a congenital flexural deformity of the tarsal joint in a llama

Journal of Camel Practice and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-208

  Alyakine, H ^a   Hmidouch, A ^a   Azrib, R ^a   Bouayad, H ^a   Essalhi, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b Parc Zoologique National   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Flexural deformity; Llama; Surgical treatment; Tarsus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033267928     PISSN: 09716777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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