Squamates (Snakes and Lizards)

Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 233-243

  Bertelsen, Mads F ^a  

^a CENTER FOR ZOO AND WILD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Sedation; Snakes; Squamates; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957329019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376478.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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