Evaluation of pulsed gastric lavage on the survival of captive shovelnose sturgeon

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-524

  Shuman, D A ^a   Peters, E J ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS;

EID: 34547212382     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2007.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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