Comparison of intra-articular injection of 2 ml of 0.9% NaCl solution with rest alone for treatment of horses with traumatic arthritis

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1117-1121

  Gaustad, Gudrun ^a   Dolvik, Nils Ivar ^a   Larsen, Stig ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HORSE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; REST;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINTS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REST; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0032819996     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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