Clinical, ultrasonographic, and laboratory findings associated with gallbladder disease and rupture in dogs: 45 cases (1997-2007)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-366

  Crews, Laura J ^a   Feeney, Daniel A ^a   Jessen, Carl R ^a   Rose, Nathan D ^a   Matise, Ileze ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; MALE; MUCOCELE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RUPTURE;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; MALE; MUCOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 60749115366     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.234.3.359     Document Type: Review

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