A study of ten cases of focal peritarsal infection as a cause of severe lameness in the Thoroughbred racehorse: Clinical signs, differential diagnosis, treatment and outcome

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 366-370

  Pilsworth, R C ^a   Head, M J ^a  

^a BEAUFORT COTTAGE STABLES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horse; Infection; Lameness; Tarsal joint

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BREEDING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINT DISEASES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035408477     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516401776249561     Document Type: Article

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