Entrapment of the small intestine in the epiploic foramen in horses: A retrospective analysis of 71 cases recorded between 1991 and 2001

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 793-797

  Archer, D C ^a   Proudman, C J ^a   Pinchbeck, G ^a   Smith, J E ^a   French, N P ^a   Edwards, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; HORSE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; OMENTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; STEREOTYPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HERNIA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 12144273990     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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