Ultrasonography of the navicular region in horses

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 150-157

  Kristoffersen, M ^a,b   Thoefner, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon; Horse; Lameness; Ligament; Navicular; Sesamoid bone; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE STRUCTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HORSE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NONHUMAN; SCAPHOID BONE; SESAMOID BONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0038203625     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2003.tb00234.x     Document Type: Article

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