Management of a gunshot wound in a mare

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-182

  Mellish, Martha A ^a   Adreani, Christine M ^b  

^a Performance Equine Service   (United States)

^b Rhinebeck Equine LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 40649100109     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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