Dermatologic investigation of alopecia in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-238

  Steinmetz, Hanspeter W ^a   Kaumanns, Werner ^c   Dix, Ilona ^b   Neimeier, Karl Albrecht ^d   Kaup, Franz Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c Zoological Garden of Cologne   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Hair loss; Macaca mulatta; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 24644498934     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/04-054.1     Document Type: Article

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