An update on pregnancy diagnosis in domestic carnivores;Mise au point sur le diagnostic de gestation chez les carnivores domestiques

Annales de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-98

  Verstegen, J ^a   Silva, L D M ^a   Onclin, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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