Equine melanoma in a population of 296 grey Lipizzaner horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-157

  Seltenhammer, M H ^a   Simhofer, H ^a   Scherzer, S ^a   Zechner, P ^b   Curik, I ^c   Solkner J ^b   Brandt, S M ^d   Jansen, B ^d   Pehamberger, H ^d   Eisenmenger, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Grey horse melanoma; Heritability; Horse; Lipizzaner; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HAIR COLOR; HORSE; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038728292     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403776114234     Document Type: Article

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