Surgical Site Infection and the Use of Antimicrobials

Equine Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 70-87

  Waguespack, R Wayne ^a   Burba, Daniel J ^a   Moore, Rustin M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B1-41-600123-9/50009-7     Document Type: Chapter

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