Retrospective study of 24 cases of septic calcaneal bursitis in the horse

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 662-668

  Post, E M ^a,c   Singer, E R ^a   Clegg, P D ^a   Smith, R K ^b   Cripps, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of London   (United Kingdom)

^c Campbellville Equine Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcaneal bursa; Horse; Synovial sepsis; Tarsus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ATHLETE; BONE INFECTION; BURSITIS; CALCANEUS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; INJURY; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNOVIAL BURSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MARTES PENNANTI;

ANIMALS; BURSA, SYNOVIAL; BURSITIS; CALCANEUS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542499707     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775696285     Document Type: Review

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