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. 2021 Jul;189(1):25-27.
doi: 10.1002/vetr.701.

Congenital heart defects in calves

Michael Millar  1 , Aiden Foster  2 , Kieran Borgeat  2 , James Adams  3 , Sarah Woollatt  3 , Toby Floyd  4 , Natalie Jewell  4 , Vanessa Swinson  4 , Jonathan Moore  5 , Ben Strugnell  6
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Congenital heart defects in calves

Michael Millar et al. Vet Rec. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

This focus article describes some of the cardiac anomalies detected in calves submitted to APHA Veterinary Investigation Centres and other postmortem examination providers.

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