Musculoskeletal System

Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 263-270

  West, Gary ^a,b  

^a Oklahoma City Zoo   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bones; Elephant; Nails; Skeletal system; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149114196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470344484.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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