Field anaesthesia of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  Harms, C A ^a   Eckert, S A ^b   Kubis, S A ^b,f   Campbell, M ^c   Levenson, D H ^d   Crognale, M A ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34547200522     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.161.1.15     Document Type: Article

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