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Clinical Communications

Surgical treatment of osteomyelitis and formation of a sequestrum in the distal metaphysis of the humerus in an alpaca cria

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Pages 46-49 | Received 12 Jan 2010, Accepted 10 Nov 2010, Published online: 02 Feb 2011

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