Stifle Disease in Horses: Fractures and Osseous Injuries

Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1004-1019

  Latimer, Federico G ^a,c   Trotter, Gayle W ^b   Kaneps, Andris J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0346403929     PISSN: 01931903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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