Effect of premolar and molar occlusal angle on feed digestibility, water balance, and fecal particle size in horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 110-113

  Carmalt, James L ^a   Cymbaluk, Nadia F ^b   Townsend, Hugh G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Linwood Equine Ranch   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HORSE; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; DENTAL OCCLUSION; DENTISTRY; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; HORSES; MALOCCLUSION; MASTICATION; MOLAR; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 22244474661     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.110     Document Type: Article

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