Medical Care of Seaturtles

Reptile Medicine and Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 972-1007

  Wyneken, Jeanette ^a   Mader, Douglas R ^b,c,d   Weber, E Scott ^e   Merigo, Constance ^f  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marathon Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^c Marathon Sea Turtle Hospital   (United States)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e Animal Health Department   (United States)

^f Rescue and Rehabilitation Department   (United States)

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EID: 84882886223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-169327-X/50080-8     Document Type: Chapter

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