Failure of psyllium mucilloid to hasten evacuation of sand from the equine large intestine

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 547-554

  Hammock, Phillip D ^a   Freeman, David E ^a   Baker, Gordon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISPAGULA; LAXATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CATHARTICS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; PSYLLIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0032196495     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1998.tb00530.x     Document Type: Article

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