Reply to Plate Stress Does Not Decrease When Working Length is Increased

MacArthur L. Sandra; Matthew D. Johnson; Lewis D. Daniel

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1718727

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2020; 33(06): 458-460
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1718727

Letter to the Editor

Reply to Plate Stress Does Not Decrease When Working Length is Increased

MacArthur L. Sandra

¹Pitt County Animal Services/Spay Today, Greenville, North Carolina, United States

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Matthew D. Johnson

²Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, American College of Veterinary Surgeons-Small Animal, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States

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Lewis D. Daniel

²Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, American College of Veterinary Surgeons-Small Animal, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States

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