Short-term survival after surgery for epiploic foramen entrapment compared with other strangulating diseases of the small intestine in horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 292-295

  Freeman, D E ^a,b   Schaeffer, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiploic foramen; Horse; Lipoma; Small intestine; Strangulation

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 22144470483     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164054529436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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