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Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 521-522

  Schachtel, James ^a,b   Carpenter, Elaine ^c  

^a Peninsula Equine   (United States)

^b Fairfield Equine Associates   (United States)

^c Chaparral Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PARACENTESIS; SAND; SAND ENTEROPATHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PICA; PREGNANCY; RADIOGRAPHY;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMALS; COLIC; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PICA; PREGNANCY; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 13744255204     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.521     Document Type: Article

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