Acta Vet. Brno 2011, 80: 125-127

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201180010125

Effect of hypodynamia on structure of vestibular apparatus in Japanese quail chicks: light microscopy

Lenka Buričová1, Peter Škrobánek2, Magda Baranovská2

1Department of Anatomy, Histology and Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice, Slovak Republic
2Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovak Republic

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