Deep digital flexor tenotomy as a treatment for chronic laminitis in horses: 35 cases (1988-1997)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 517-519

  Eastman, Timothy G ^a   Honnas, Clifford M ^a   Hague, Brent A ^a,b   Moyer, William ^a   Von Der Rosen, Horzt Dieter ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Interstate Equine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS;

EID: 0033556923     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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