The Normal Ultrasonographic Appearance of Ovine Joints, and the Uses of Arthrosonography in the Evaluation of Chronic Ovine Joint Disease

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-143

  MacRae, A I ^a   Scott, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ovine; joints; ultrasonography; arthritis; synovitis.

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; JOINT DISEASES; JOINTS; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033190958     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.1998.0353     Document Type: Article

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