Use of diagnostic ultrasonography in horses with signs of acute abdominal pain

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1597-1601

  Klohnen, Andreas ^a   Vachon, Anne M ^a   Fischer Jr , Andrew T ^a  

^a Chino Valley Equine Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLON; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIPOMA; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMALS; COLON; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIPOMA; PALPATION; PERITONITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030279142     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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