Splenic torsion in an alpaca

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Smith, Jennifer J ^a,b   Dallap, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpaca; Camelid; Splenectomy; Splenic torsion; Uterine torsion

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; LAMA PACOS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; FEMALE; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 23044487358     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2005.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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