Effect of bilateral tenectomy of the tensor veli palatini muscle on soft palate function in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-321

  Holcombe, Susan Jane ^a   Derksen, Frederik Jan ^a   Stick, John Alan ^a   Edward Robinson, N ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INHALATION; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; SOFT PALATE; TENDON; TRACHEA; VIDEORECORDING;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; ENDOSCOPY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INHALATION; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; TENDONS; TRACHEA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031091970     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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