Successful Treatment of Lead Poisoning in a Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) and a Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) in Korea |
Kim, Hee-Jong
(College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Park, Sung-Jun (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) Lee, Hae-Beom (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) Park, Young-Seok (Chungnam Wild Animal Rescue Center, Kongju National University) Kim, Moon-Jung (Chungnam Wild Animal Rescue Center, Kongju National University) Kim, Young-Jun (Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Institute of Ecology) |
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