Diseases of the heart and vessels

Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 728-767

  Young, Lesley ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-2671-3.50037-4     Document Type: Chapter

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