Cutaneous neoplastic lesions of equids in the central United States and Canada: 3,351 biopsy specimens from 3,272 equids (2000-2010)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-104

  Schaffer, Paula A ^a   Wobeser, Bruce ^b   Martin, Laura E R ^a   Dennis, Michelle M ^c   Duncan, Colleen G ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c QML Vetnostics   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CANADA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84871694315     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.242.1.99     Document Type: Article

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