Evaluation of horseshoe characteristics and high-speed exercise history as possible risk factors for catastrophic musculoskeletal injury in Thoroughbred racehorses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1314-1320

  Hernandez, Jorge A ^a   Scollay, Mary C ^a   Hawkins, Dan L ^a,b   Corda, Julie A ^a   Krueger, Traci M ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b DUBAI EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; FORELIMB; HEEL; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HINDLIMB; HORSE; INJURY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SHOES;

EID: 26944503536     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1314     Document Type: Article

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