Treatment of spontaneous pyometra in 22 bitches with a combination of cabergoline and cloprostenol

Veterinary Record

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 293-296

  England, G C W ^a   Freeman, S L ^a   Russo, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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[No Author keywords available]

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CANIDAE;

EID: 33947227905     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.160.9.293     Document Type: Article

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