Traumatic flexor tendon injuries in 27 cattle

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 320-326

  Anderson, David E ^a   St Jean, Guy ^b   Morin, Dawn E ^b   Ducharme, Norm G ^b   Nelson, Dale R ^b   Desrochers, André ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TENDON INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; ILLINOIS; KANSAS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TENDON INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030185269     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1996.tb01420.x     Document Type: Article

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