Enlargements of the distal third metacarpus and metatarsus in thoroughbred foals at pasture from birth to 160 days of age

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 438-447

  Gee, E K ^a   Firth, E C ^a   Morel, P C H ^b   Fennessy, P F ^c   Grace, N D ^d   Mogg, T D ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c ABACUSBIO LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Copper; Equine; Foal; Growth; Horse; Physitis; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; METACARPAL BONE; METATARSAL BONE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COPPER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LIVER; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; METATARSAL BONES; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 28844482581     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36590     Document Type: Article

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