The effects of local anaesthetic solution in the navicular bursa of horses with lameness caused by distal interphalangeal joint pain

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 502-505

  Schumacher, John ^a   Schumacher, Jim ^a,d   Gillette, R ^a   Degraves, F ^a   Schramme, M ^b   Smith, R ^c   Perkins, J ^a   Coker, M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Horse; Lameness; Navicular bursa

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; MEPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INSTILLATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; NONHUMAN; SCAPHOID BONE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOT DISEASE; FORELIMB; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINETICS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNOVIAL BURSA; TARSAL BONE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BURSA, SYNOVIAL; FOOT DISEASES; FORELIMB; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINT DISEASES; KINETICS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PAIN; TARSAL BONES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0642313790     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775600460     Document Type: Article

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