Use of ocular fluids to aid postmortem diagnosis in cattle and sheep

In Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-25

  Edwards, Gareth ^a   Foster, Aiden ^b   Livesey, Chris ^b  

^a Caernarfon Animal Health District Office   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 58249126768     PISSN: 0263841X     EISSN: 20427689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/inpract.31.1.22     Document Type: Article

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