The application of a radiographic index to the prevention of dorsal metacarpal disease in thoroughbred racehorses

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 595-598

  Larkin, Nicole C ^a,b   Davies, Helen M S ^b  

^a Equine Sports Medicine Laboratory   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compressive strain; Dorsal metacarpal disease; Index; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 0030546784     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/pem19960451     Document Type: Article

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