Quantitative comparison of three commonly used treatments for navicular syndrome in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1247-1251

  Schoonover, Mike J ^a,b   Jann, Henry W ^a   Blaik, Margaret A ^a,c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Interstate Equine   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLBUTAZONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; FORELIMB; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; SHOES; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 23844504402     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1247     Document Type: Article

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