A technique for obtaining liver biopsies from mature sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-92

  Ferreira, A V ^a   Van Der Merwe, H J ^a   Slippers, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Intercostal sample space; Liver biopsies; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038500129     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(96)00858-9     Document Type: Article

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