Laryngeal paralysis: A study of 375 cases in a mixed-breed population of horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 452-458

  Dixon, P M ^a   McGorum, B C ^a   Railton, D I ^a   Hawe, C ^a   Tremaine, W H ^a   Pickles, K ^a   McCann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral laryngeal paralysis; Equine laryngeal paralysis; Horse; Recurrent laryngeal neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0035461788     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516401776254790     Document Type: Article

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