Ventral Slot Decompression for Cervical Intervertebral Disc Disease in 112 Dogs

Australian Veterinary Practitioner

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 58-64

  Smith, Bruce A ^a   Hosgood, Giselle ^a   Kerwin, Sharon C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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