Conservative treatment for thoroughbred racehorses with intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 337-340

  Barakzai, S Z ^a   Dixon, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FITNESS; HORSE DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PALATE DISEASE; RANK SUM TEST; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REWARD; RISK REDUCTION; SOFT PALATE; SPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 26044431740     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.12.337     Document Type: Article

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