Gastric Ulcers in Standardbred Racehorses: Prevalence, Lesion Description, and Risk Factors

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 218-222

  Dionne, Rachel M ^a   Vrins, André ^a   Doucet, Michèle Y ^a   Paré, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Universite de Montreal ^*

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Equine; Exercise; Gait

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROSCOPY; HORSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH ULCER; TRAINING; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0038656722     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0218:GUISRP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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