Stress fractures of the tibia and humerus in Thoroughbred racehorses: 99 Cases (1992-2000)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-498

  O'Sullivan, Christopher B ^a,b   Lumsden, Jonathan M ^a  

^a Randwick Equine Centre   (Australia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMERUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FRACTURES, STRESS; HORSES; HUMERAL FRACTURES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037442161     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.491     Document Type: Article

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