Sclerosis of the Third Carpal Bone. A Prospective Study of its Significance in a Group of Young Standardbred Trotters

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-61

  Uhlhorn, H ^a   Eksell, P ^a   Sandgren, B ^b   Carlsten, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Bayer AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Degenerative joint disease; Equine; Lameness; Radiography; Scintigraphy; Subchondral bone

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SCLEROSIS;

ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES; CARPUS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0033657246     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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