Stress fractures of the vertebral lamina pelvis in Thoroughbred racehorses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 374-381

  Haussler, K K ^a,b   Stover, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Pathology; Pelvis; Stress fracture; Thoroughbred racehorse; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORSE; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PREVALENCE; RUNNING; SACRUM; SPINE FRACTURE; STRESS FRACTURE; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HORSES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PELVIC BONES; PREVALENCE; RUNNING; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0032160326     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1998.tb04504.x     Document Type: Article

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