Technical note: A technique for multiple liver biopsies in neonatal calves

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2459-2463

  Swanson, K S ^a   Merchen, N R ^a   Erdman Jr , J W ^a   Drackley, J K ^a   Orias, F ^a   Douglas, G N ^a   Huhn, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Calves; Liver

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CATTLE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPSY; CATTLE; LIVER;

EID: 0034265763     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.7892459x     Document Type: Article

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