Use of breed-specific ranges for the vertebral heart scale as an aid to the radiographic diagnosis of cardiac disease in dogs

Veterinary Record

Volumn 148, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 707-711

  Lamb, C R ^a   Wikeley, H ^a   Boswood, A ^a   Pfeiffer, D U ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035832592     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.23.707     Document Type: Article

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