Effects of repeated biopsying on muscle tissue in horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 619-624

  Lindner, A ^a   Dag, S ^b   Marti Korff, S ^a   Quiroz Rothe, E ^c   Lopez Rivero J L ^c   Drommer, W ^b  

^a Arbeitsgruppe Pferd   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Electron microscopy; Horse; Muscle; Tissue damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSES; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036716121     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776180188     Document Type: Article

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