The indications and uses for gastrointestinal function tests in dogs and cats

Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 635-645

  Gamet, Yvan ^a,b   Jergens, Albert E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Quartier Croc de la Mure Uchaux   (France)

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