Long-term outcome of horses with a slab fracture of the central or third tarsal bone treated conservatively: 25 cases (1976-1993)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 216, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1949-1954

  Murphey, E D ^a,b   Schneider, Robert K ^b   Adams, Stephen B ^a   Santschi, Elizabeth M ^a,e   Stick, John A ^c   Ruggles, Alan J ^d,f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HORSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TARSAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; RECORDS; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TARSAL BONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034658864     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.216.1949     Document Type: Article

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