Ultrasonographic anatomy and biometric analysis of the thoracic and abdominal organs in healthy foals from birth to age 6 months

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 649-655

  Aleman, M ^a   Gillis, C L ^a   Nieto, J E ^a   Renaudin, C D ^a   Bea, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Foals; Growth; Horse; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEDATION; THORAX; AGING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; KIDNEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ABDOMEN; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KIDNEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; THORAX;

EID: 0036835871     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776250414     Document Type: Article

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