Diagnoses and clinical outcomes associated with surgically amputated canine digits submitted to multiple veterinary diagnostic laboratories

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-361

  Wobeser, B K ^a,e   Kidney, B A ^a   Powers, B E ^b   Withrow, S J ^c   Mayer, M N ^a   Spinato, M T ^d,f   Allen, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d Prairie Diagnostic Services   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f Animal Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Neoplasia prevalence; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; REVIEW;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DISEASES; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; CAT DISEASES; CATS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE;

EID: 34249088308     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.44-3-355     Document Type: Article

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