Plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol in 22 captive tortoises (Testudo species)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 342-345

  Eatwell, K ^a  

^a Birch Heath Veterinary Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TESTUDO GRAECA; TESTUDO HERMANNI; TESTUDO MARGINATA;

EID: 42149182418     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.162.11.342     Document Type: Article

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