Risk factors associated with development of postoperative ileus in horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 72-78

  Roussel Jr , Allen J ^a   Cohen, Noah D ^a   Hooper, R Neil ^a   Rakestraw, Peter C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLIC; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035403767     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.72     Document Type: Article

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