Stringhalt associated with a pasture infested with Hypochoeris radicata

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 118-122

  Gardner, S Y ^a   Cook, A G ^b,c   Jortner, B S ^b   Troan, B V ^a   Sharp, N J H ^a,d   Campbell, N B ^a   Brownie, C F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Davie County Large Animal Hospital   (United States)

^d Animal Critical Care Group of Vancouver   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distal axonopathy; Horse; Hypochoeris radicata; Stringhalt

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; TISSUE SECTION; WEED;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; HYPOCHOERIS RADICATA;

EID: 20444398164     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2005.tb00349.x     Document Type: Article

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