Risk factors associated with hindlimb lameness and degenerative joint disease in the distal tarsus of Icelandic horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 84-90

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

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Degenerative joint disease; Horse; Icelandic horse; Lameness; Osteoarthritis; Risk factors; Tarsus

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; HORSE; ICELAND; INTERVIEW; JOINT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HORSES; ICELAND; INTERVIEWS; JOINT DISEASES; JOINTS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035220577     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516401776767502     Document Type: Article

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