Radiographic and clinical survey of degenerative joint disease in the distal tarsal joints in Icelandic horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 268-272

  Bjornsdottir S ^a   Axelsson, M ^b   Eksell, P ^b   Sigurdsson, H ^c   Carlsten, J ^b  

^a HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Bone spavin; DJD; Horse; Icelandic horse; Radiology

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ICELAND; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ICELAND; JOINT DISEASES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALPATION; PLIABILITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034182044     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516400776563590     Document Type: Article

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