Femoral asymmetry in the Thoroughbred racehorse

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 367-370

  Pearce, G P ^a,b   May Davis, S ^c   Greaves, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EVALUATION; FEMUR; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LOCOMOTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMUR; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LOCOMOTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 23244450678     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2005.tb15636.x     Document Type: Article

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