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Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2025.03.001

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Conservative management of bilateral fracture of the rami of the mandible in a rabbit

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Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2025.02.002

Dimitria Gomes, Sarah Slaughter, Christopher Tollefson, Nicola Di Girolamo

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Septic tarsal synovitis and arthritis in a domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculi)

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Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2025.02.004

Harriet Woodhall

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Gastric dilatation and volvulus in a domestic rabbit

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Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2025.02.003

Meir M. Barak , Sophie Liberman , Gina Vecere , Shachar Malka , Sophie Dennison

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Human chorionic gonadotropin treatment of bilateral nonpruritic alopecia in seven female guinea pigs

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Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2025.02.001

Christina Vildershøj, Anna V. Müller, Mette Lybek Rueløkke, Jan Bojsen-Møller Secher

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SARS-CoV-2 and distemper co-infection in a domestic ferret. Case report

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Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2024.12.001

Ana Estephanía Castro-Martínez , Ximena Rosas-Plaza , Andrea Pérez , Erick Martínez-Fuentes , Karla Mollinedo-Beltrán , Adriana Méndez-Bernal , Daniel Alejandro Gómez Pizano , Laura Cobos-Marín

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Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2024.12.005

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Coelomic ultrasound and computed tomography of clinically normal C. cranwelli (Anura: Ceratophryidae)

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Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2024.12.003

Siyu Long , Peng Wang , Yaoqin Shen

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Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2024.12.004

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Blood compatibility test between different species of chelonians with a simplified hemagglutination cross test.

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Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2024.11.001

Braulio Alejandro Fuantos Gámez , Alejandro de la Rosa T , Jocelín S. Sánchez , Anayansi I. López , Camilo Romero Nuñez

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