Heartworm Extraction in a Pitbull Terrier Dog with Heavy Worm Burden Using A Loop Snare
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Kim, Ji-Yoon
(Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
Yoon, Won-Kyoung (Guardian Angel Animal Hospital) Yang, Hye-Mi (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University) Choi, Won-Jin (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University) Kim, Hyun-Wook (Haemaru Animal Referral Centre) Hyun, Changbaig (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University) |
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