Normal echoanatomy of the red-eared slider terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 417-420

  Martorell, J ^a   Espada, Y ^a   Ruiz de Gopegui, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GONAD; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; SEDATION; SPLEEN; THYROID GLAND; TRANSDUCER; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 6344258711     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.14.417     Document Type: Article

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