Animal abuse and unlawful killing: Forensic veterinary pathology

Animal Abuse and Unlawful Killing: Forensic veterinary pathology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-106

  Munro, Ranald ^a,b   Munro, Helen M C ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-2878-6.X5001-6     Document Type: Book

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