Abdominal radiography in monitoring the resolution of sand accumulations from the large colon of horses treated medically

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-64

  Ruohoniemi, M ^a   Kaikkonen, R ^a   Raekallio, M ^a   Luukkanen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Diarrhoea: enteropathy; Horse; Radiograph; Sand colic

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

CLONIXIN; DOCUSATE SODIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; ISPAGULA; LAXATIVE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MINERAL OIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLON; COLON DISEASE; FECES; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CATHARTICS; CLONIXIN; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; DIOCTYL SULFOSUCCINIC ACID; EMOLLIENTS; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MINERAL OIL; PSYLLIUM; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0035235969     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516401776767403     Document Type: Article

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