Cardiac Lesions in Dairy Cows with Idiopathic Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 873-878

  Machida, Noboru ^a   Kiryu, Keiji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Bovine; Heart; Pathology

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0035431791     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.63.873     Document Type: Article

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