Minipigs and potbellied pigs as pets in the veterinary practice - A retrospective study

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 504-511

  Sipos, W ^a   Schmoll, F ^a   Stumpf, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINIPIG; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWINE, MINIATURE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 35348911337     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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