Association between cribbing and entrapment of the small intestine in the epiploic foramen in horses: 68 Cases (1991-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 562-564

  Archer, Debra C ^a   Freeman, David E ^b   Doyle, Aimie J ^b   Proudman, Christopher J ^a   Edwards, G Barrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLIC; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 1142298605     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.562     Document Type: Article

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