An outbreak of stringhalt resembling Australian stringhalt in Japan

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 93-100

  Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Kitamura, Masaaki ^a   Endo, Yuka ^a   Eto, Daisuke ^a   Aoki, Osamu ^b   Kusunose, Ryo ^a   Yoshihara, Toyohiko ^a   Kai, Makoto ^a  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Education Center of Japan Farriers Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australian stringhalt; Baclofen; Electromyography; Exercise; Phenytoin

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844320425     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.13.93     Document Type: Article

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