Canine and feline pyothorax: A retrospective study of 50 cases in the UK and Ireland

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 388-394

  Demetriou, J L ^a,f   Foale, R D ^b   Ladlow, J ^c   McGrotty, Y ^d   Faulkner, J ^e   Kirby, B M ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MOTHER HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f Emergency Clinic for Animals ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g Emergency Clinic for Animals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; IRELAND; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATS; DOGS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; IRELAND; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036718932     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2002.tb00089.x     Document Type: Article

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