Observations on the trajectory of the bullet in fifteen horses euthanased by a free bullet

Veterinary Record

Volumn 146, Issue 26, 2000, Pages 754-757

  Millar, G I ^a   Mills, D S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; EUTHANASIA; GUNSHOT INJURY; HORSE; INJURY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; EUTHANASIA; HORSES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0034709521     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.146.26.754     Document Type: Article

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