A comparison of the effects of local analgesic solution in the navicular bursa of horses with lameness caused by solar toe or solar heel pain

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 386-389

  Schumacher, Jim ^c   Schumacher, John ^c   De Graves, F ^c   Schramme, M ^a   Smith, R ^b   Coker, M ^c   Steiger, R ^c  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Analgesia; Horse; Lameness; Navicular bursa

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; GAIT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SYNOVIAL BURSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BURSA, SYNOVIAL; FORELIMB; GAIT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MEPIVACAINE; PAIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035409315     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516401776249543     Document Type: Article

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