Prolonged, continuous distal limb cryotherapy in the horse

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 216-220

  Pollitt, C C ^a   Van Eps, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous; Cryotherapy; Distal limb; Horse

Indexed keywords

ICE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOTHERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE; LIMB; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SAFETY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2542513254     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044877152     Document Type: Article

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