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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 238505, 15 pages
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Review Article

Imaging Evaluation of Dogs and Cats with Dysphagia

Rachel E. Pollard

Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA

Received 15 August 2012; Accepted 19 September 2012

Academic Editors: A. Berman and M. Malkinson

Copyright © 2012 Rachel E. Pollard. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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