Gracilis muscle injury as a cause of lameness in two horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1630-1633+1605

  Dabareiner, Robin M ^a   Schmitz, David G ^a   Honnas, Clifford M ^a   Carter, G Kent ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE;

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HORSE DISEASE; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE INJURY; MYOTOMY; NONHUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENOTOMY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2442584374     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.1630     Document Type: Article

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