Postoperative Care and Complications Associated with Abdominal Surgery

Equine Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 499-515

  Hardy, Joanne ^a   Rakestraw, Peter C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B1-41-600123-9/50041-3     Document Type: Chapter

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