Abdominal surgery in foals: A review of 119 cases (1977-1994)

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 257-261

  Cable, Christina S ^a   Fubini, Susan L ^a   Erb, Hollis N ^a   Hakes, Jeanne E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Colic; Horse; Intra abdominal adhesion

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ABDOMEN; ADHESION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; SURVIVAL;

ABDOMEN; ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0000323635     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1997.tb03120.x     Document Type: Article

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