First non-conventional veterinary treatment of skin infections with blowfly larvae (Calliphoridae) in Slovakia

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 487-490

  Kočišová, Alica ^a   Čonková, Eva ^a   Pistl, Juraj ^a   Toporčák, Juraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bedsore; Chronic ulcer; Maggot therapy; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FLY; GRANULATION TISSUE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PHORMIA REGINA; SKIN INFECTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHORMIA REGINA;

EID: 18144441318     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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