Flexural deformities in foals

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 311-321

  Kidd, J A ^a   Barr, A R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired; Congenital; Developmental; Flexural deformity; Foal; Horse; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GOITER; HORSE DISEASE; INFLUENZA; LIMB MALFORMATION; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLINTING; TERATOGENESIS;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0036911927     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2002.tb00197.x     Document Type: Article

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