Avian vascular imaging: A review

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-184

  Beaufrre, Hugues ^a   Pariaut, Romain ^a   Rodriguez, Daniel ^a   Tully, Thomas N ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

angiography; avian; diagnostic imaging; echocardiography; endoscopy; radiology; ultrasound; vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY;

AVES; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 77957133377     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/2009-052.1     Document Type: Review

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