Reliability of ultrasonography compared to radiography in revealing intestinal sand accumulations in horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 499-504

  Korolainen, R ^a   Ruohoniemi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Colic; Diarrhoea; Horse; Radiography; Sand; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEIGHT; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MOTILITY; NONHUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINES; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0036634076     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776117764     Document Type: Article

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