Prevalence and Risk Factors of Bone Spavin in Icelandic Horses in Sweden: A Radiographic Field Study

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-348

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

^a Departments of Clinical Radiology   (Sweden)

^b Large Animal Clinical Sciences   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bone spavin; degenerative joint disease; equine; radiology; tarsus

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES; FEMALE; GAIT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031610182     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547782     Document Type: Article

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