Ultrasonography in monitoring the resolution of intestinal sand accumulations in the horse

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 331-336

  Korolainen, R ^a   Kaikkonen, R ^a   Ruohoniemi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Colic; Diarrhoea; Horse; Radiography; Sand; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGESTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SAND; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0348049929     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2003.tb00258.x     Document Type: Article

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