Echocardiographic parameters of captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 572-579

  Murphy, Hayley Weston ^a   Dennis, Patricia ^b   Devlin, William ^c   Meehan, Tom ^d   Kutinsky, Ilana ^c  

^a ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO   (United States)

^c Michigan Heart Group   (United States)

^d BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; echocardiographic parameters; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; heart disease; western lowland gorilla

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GORILLA; HEART; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HEART; MALE;

EID: 84255177235     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2010-0139.1     Document Type: Article

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