June A. Boon - Veterinary Echocardiography

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Boon, June A.

Veterinary echocardiography / June A. Boon. 2nd ed.

p. ; cm.

Rev. ed. of: Manual of veterinary echocardiography / June A. Boon. 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8138-2385-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Veterinary echocardiography. I. Boon, June A. Manual of veterinary echocardiography. II. Title.

[DNLM: 1. Echocardiographyveterinary. SF 811]

SF811.B66 2011

636.08961207543dc22

2010028092

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