The Avian Neurologic Examination and Ancillary Neurodiagnostic Techniques: A Review Update

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 803-836

  Clippinger, Tracy L ^a   Bennett, R Avery ^b   Platt, Simon R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS;

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EID: 34548231739     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2007.04.006     Document Type: Review

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