Serum Thyroid Hormone Values for African Spurred Tortoises (Centrochelys [Formerly Geochelone] sulcata)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1529-9651
DOI: 10.5818/1529-9651.19.2.47