The effects of partial thyroidectomy on the development of the equine fetus

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-59

  Allen, A L ^a   Fretz, P B ^a   Card, C E ^a   Doige, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Fetus; Horse; Hypothyroid; Ossification

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FETUS; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNDROME; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONE AND BONES; CARPUS, ANIMAL; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; TARSUS, ANIMAL; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0031607098     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1998.tb04088.x     Document Type: Article

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