Understanding and eradicating bacterial urinary tract infections

Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 776-789

  Blanco, Laurie J ^a,b   Bartges, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Middle Tennessee Vet Referral Serv   (United States)

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