Incidence and risk factors for exertional rhabdomyolysis in thoroughbred racehorses in the United Kingdom

Veterinary Record

Volumn 151, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 623-626

  McCowan, C M ^a   Fordham, T ^b   Christley, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; EXCITABILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RECURRENCE RISK; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HORSE; RISK; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0037164424     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.151.21.623     Document Type: Article

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