Avian renal system: Clinical implications

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-411

  Burgos Rodríguez, Armando G ^a  

^a Clínica Veterinaria San Agustín   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Avian; Diagnostics; Diseases; Renal; Treatments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FEMALE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 78049442487     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2010.05.001     Document Type: Review

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