'Flapping like a sail in the breeze': The history of equine soft palate displacement and its treatment

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 386-388

  Greet, T R C ^a   Dixon, P M ^b  

^a Rossdales Equine Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24344445820     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516405774479997     Document Type: Editorial

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