Postoperative performance of racing horses with tearing of the medial palmar intercarpal ligament

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 713-717

  Whitton, R C ^a   Kannegieter, N J ^b   Rose, R J ^b  

^a Newcastle Equine Centre   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Horse carpus; Ligament; Performance

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FORELIMB; HORSE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LIGAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; CARPUS, ANIMAL; HORSES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033218857     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb12905.x     Document Type: Article

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