Management of limb fractures in wapiti (Cervus elaphus): 22 cases (1993-1997)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 214, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1829-1832

  Cruz, Antonio M ^a,b   Bailey, Jeremy V ^a   Fretz, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; INJURY; LIMB; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DEER; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033563432     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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