Principles of wound management of small mammals: Hedgehogs, prairie dogs, and sugar gliders

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Hernandez Divers, Sonia M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACEMANNAN; BACITRACIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; DIAZEPAM; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN; POVIDONE IODINE; SOAP; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

DEVICE; DISINFECTION; DOG; EXOTIC SPECIES; HEDGEHOG; HONEY; HYDROCOLLOID; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; HEDGEHOGS; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; SCIURIDAE; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA; PETAURUS BREVICEPS;

EID: 0742285366     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2003.09.002     Document Type: Review

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