Weights and Blood Profiles of the West African Hinge-Backed Tortoise, Kinixys erosa and the Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 599-605

  Oyewale, J O ^a   Ebute, C P ^a   Ogunsanmi, A O ^a   Olayemi, F O ^a   Durotoye, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSA; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; KINIXYS EROSA;

EID: 2542568203     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.1998.tb00864.x     Document Type: Article

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