Common Procedures in the Pet Ferret

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 347-365

  Castanheira de Matos, Ricardo Emanuel ^a   Morrisey, James K ^a  

^a College of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FERRET; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERRETS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 33744549996     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2006.01.003     Document Type: Review

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