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Intracutaneous keratinising epithelioma in a mynah bird (Gracula religiosa)
F Rodríguez1, P Herráez, H Lorenzo
1Department of Comparative Pathology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Trasmontaña, 35416 Arucas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
The Veterinary Record
|January 18, 2006
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