Osteotomy for congenital flexural deformity of the metacarpophalangeal joints in a llama

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-42

  Gasthuys, F ^a   Steenhaut, M ^a   Martens, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Congenital flexural deformity; Llama; Orthopaedics; Ostectomy

Indexed keywords

LAMA GLAMA;

EID: 3743142954     PISSN: 09320814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632500     Document Type: Article

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