Septic flexor tendon core lesions in five horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-216

  Kidd, J A ^a,c   Dyson, S J ^b   Barr, A R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horse; Intratendonous; Lameness; Sepsis; Tendonitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FLEXOR TENDON; HORSE; NONHUMAN; SEPSIS; TENDINITIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EUTHANASIA; FATALITY; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; EUTHANASIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 0036516055     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776767286     Document Type: Article

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