Equine Synovial Fluid Analysis

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 437-454

  Steel, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE;

EID: 47349133580     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2008.05.004     Document Type: Review

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