Evaluation of risk factors associated with suture-nidus cystoliths in dogs and cats: 176 cases (1999-2006).

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Published in J Am Vet Med Assoc on December 15, 2008

Authors

Sherry L Appel1, Sandra L Lefebvre, Doreen M Houston, David L Holmberg, J Elizabeth Arnold Stone, Andrew E P Moore, J Scott Weese

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, ON, Canada.

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