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. 2014 Jun;7(3):318-9.
doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfu023. Epub 2014 Mar 18.

A day in the zoo

Vijay Thanaraj  1 , Kate Topping  1 , John Cheesbrough  1 , Alexander Woywodt  1
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A day in the zoo

Vijay Thanaraj et al. Clin Kidney J. 2014 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: acute kidney injury; leptospirosis; zoonosis.

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FIGURE 1.
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), June 2012. This species is endemic on the island of Madagascar. It is perhaps the best known of all lemur species due to the fact that it reproduces readily in captivity and is therefore the most popular lemur in zoos worldwide.
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