Boney Fish (Lungfish, Sturgeon, and Teleosts)

Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 159-196

  Neiffer, Donald L ^a  

^a Disney's Animal Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

Boney fish; Chemical immobilization; Euthanasia; Stress; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957094003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376478.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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