Leech (Limnatis nilotica) causing respiratory distress in a pregnant cow in Ilam province in Iran

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 501-503

  Bahmani, Mahmoud ^a   Eftekhari, Zohre ^b   Mohsezadeghan, Ava ^b   Ghotbian, Freidon ^b   Alighazi, Nafise ^b  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

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EID: 84864425223     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-011-1236-1     Document Type: Editorial

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