Diagnosis, management and outcome of 18 cases of chronic diarrhoea in adult horses

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 216-220

  Murphy, David M ^a   Edwards, S E ^a   Russell, T ^a   Sammin, D ^a   Love, Sandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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