Correlation of racing performance with radiographic changes in the proximal sesamoid bones of 487 Thoroughbred yearlings

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 350-353

  Spike Pierce, D L ^a   Bramlage, L R ^a  

^a ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Radiographic; Sesamoiditis; Vascular canals; Yearlings

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREEDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; FORELIMB; HEALTH SURVEY; HINDLIMB; HORSE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SESAMOID BONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXERTION; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SESAMOID BONES; SPORTS;

EID: 0242366741     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403776014262     Document Type: Review

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