Skin diseases of South American camelids

In Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Foster, Aiden ^a,b   Jackson, Anna ^c   D'Alterio, Gian Lorenzo ^d  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b European Society of Veterinary Dermatology   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CHORIOPTES; PSOROPTES; SARCOPTES;

EID: 34247593415     PISSN: 0263841X     EISSN: 20427689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/inpract.29.4.216     Document Type: Article

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