Evaluation of exploratory laparotomy in young horses: 102 cases (1987-1992)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1158-1162

  Singer, Ellen R ^a,b   Livesey, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENTEROPATHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORSE; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SUCKLING; SURVIVAL RATE; WEANING;

ADHESIONS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORSES; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WEANING;

EID: 0031265286     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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