Rectal biopsy diagnosis in horses with clinical signs of intestinal disorders: A retrospective study of 116 cases

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 275-284

  Lindberg, R ^a   Nygren, Annica ^a,b   Persson, S G B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Horse; Intestinal disease; Mucins; Pathology; Proctitis; Rectum

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LYMPHOMA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCTITIS; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOMA; PROCTITIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030183589     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1996.tb03091.x     Document Type: Article

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