Results of bone scintigraphy in horses used for show jumping, hunting, or eventing: 141 cases (1988-1994)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1460-1467

  Ehrlich, Paula J ^a,b   Seeherman, Howard J ^a,c   O'Callaghan, Michael W ^a,d   Dohoo, Ian R ^b   Brimacombe, Michael ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d Genzyme Tissue Repair   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BONE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; JOINT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SPINE; SPORT;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINTS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; SPORTS; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032534109     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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