Medical management of a full-thickness tear of the retroperitoneal portion of the rectum in a horse with hyperadrenocorticism

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 665-667

  Mazan, Melissa R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYPROHEPTADINE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; POVIDONE IODINE;

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; HORSE; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; NONHUMAN; RECTUM INJURY; RECTUM POLYP; RETROPERITONEUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ANIMALS; FECAL IMPACTION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; RECTUM; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031057416     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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