The healthy neonatal foal: Routine examinations and preventative medicine

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 207-211

  Acworth, N R J ^a  

^a BEAUFORT COTTAGE STABLES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Examination; Foal; Horse; Neonatal; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGY; HORSE; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0042570814     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2003.tb00245.x     Document Type: Article

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