Facilitated ankylosis of the distal interphalangeal joint in a foal

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 282-285

  Lescun, T B ^a   Morisset, S M ^a   Fugaro, M N ^a   Blevins, W E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANKYLOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FORELIMB; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INJURY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANKYLOSIS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FORELIMB; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 3042663734     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb12704.x     Document Type: Article

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