Pathology of Mitral Valve in Regularly Slaughtered Pigs: An Abattoir Survey on the Occurrence of Myxoid Degeneration (Endocardiosis), Fibrosis and Valvulitis

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 383-395

  Gagna, C ^a   Meier, D ^a,b   Ru, G ^a   Pospischil, A ^a,b   Guarda, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; ORCHIECTOMY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 2542587793     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.1998.tb00841.x     Document Type: Review

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