Incomplete ossification of the tarsal bones in foals: 22 Cases (1988-1996)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1590-1594

  Dutton, David M ^a   Watkins, Jeffrey P ^a   Walker, Michael A ^a   Honnas, Clifford M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HINDLIMB; HORSE; MALE; NEWBORN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TARSAL BONE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORSES; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TARSAL BONES; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032435689     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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