Third metacarpal bone length and skeletal asymmetry in the Thoroughbred racehorse

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 712-714

  Watson, K M ^a,c   Stitson, D J ^b   Davies, H M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Horse; Laterality; Length; Metacarpal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; LEG LENGTHENING; LIMB; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BREEDING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HORSES; METACARPUS; OSTEOGENESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1542604356     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775696348     Document Type: Article

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