Bacterial culture of the canine stifle joint following surgical repair of ruptured cranial cruciate ligament

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Hill, C M ^a,c   Conzemius, M G ^b   Smith, G K ^a   McManus, P M ^a   Maloney, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial drawer; Cruciate ligament; Infection; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444454960     PISSN: 09320814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632551     Document Type: Article

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