Prevalence of superficial digital flexor tendonitis and suspensory desmitis in Japanese Thoroughbred flat racehorses in 1999

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 346-350

  Kasashima, Y ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Smith, R K W ^b   Goodship, A E ^b   Kuwano, A ^a   Ueno, T ^a   Hirano, S ^a  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Horse; Ligament; Prevalence; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDONITIS; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; FORELIMB; HORSE; JAPAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVEREXERTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENDINITIS; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2542572389     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044890580     Document Type: Article

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