Evaluation of the effect of routine histologic processing on the size of skin samples obtained from dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 500-505

  Reimer, S Brent ^a,b   Séguin, Bernard ^a   DeCock, Hilde E ^a   Walsh, Peter J ^a   Kass, Philip H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; FASCIA; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SKIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DOGS; FASCIA; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 17544369295     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.500     Document Type: Article

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