Nutrition and dental care of donkeys

In Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 405-410

  Burden, Faith ^a   Du Toit, Nicole ^b   Thiemann, Alex ^a  

^a THE DONKEY SANCTUARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 84880897368     PISSN: 0263841X     EISSN: 20427689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/inp.f4367     Document Type: Review

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