‘Imitation is the Sincerest of Flattery’…Except When It Negatively Impacts Canine and Client Welfare

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2018; 31(04): 311-312
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1653961

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Gail K. Smith

¹Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States

²Antech Imaging Services, Fountain Valley, California, United States

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