Laminitis in the horse: A review

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 121-127

  Sloet van Oldruitenborgh Oosterbaan, M M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equine; Founder; Hoof; Horse; Laminitis; Pedal bone; Radiological evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYLBUTAZONE;

BONE LESION; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTOXEMIA; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ROMAN;

EID: 0032729438     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1999.9695006     Document Type: Article

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