Relationship Between Hind Limb Lameness and Radiographic Signs of Bone Spavin in Icelandic Horses in Sweden

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-357

  Axelsson, M ^a   Eksell, P ^a   Roneus B ^a   Brostrom H ^a   Haggstrom J ^b   Carlsten, J ^a  

^a Radiology and Clinical Immunology   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

degenerative joint disease; equine; radiology; tarsus

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PALPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES; FEMALE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; PALPATION; PLIABILITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031604658     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547783     Document Type: Article

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