Sudden death in racing Thoroughbreds in Victoria, Australia

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-271

  Boden, L A ^a   Charles, J A ^a   Slocombe, R F ^a   Sandy, J R ^a   Finnin, P J ^a   Morton, J M ^b   Clarke, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Horse; Racehorse; Sudden death; Thoroughbred; fatalities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; DEATH, SUDDEN; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PULMONARY EDEMA; SPORTS; VICTORIA;

EQUUS CABALLUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 18544385452     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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