Airflow characteristics and alteration of stride-respiration coupling in a Trakehner stallion with intermittent epiglottic entrapment

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 172-176

  Weishaupt, M A ^a   Kastner B R ^a   Feige, K ^a   Schmid, M ^a   Auer, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 3042970978     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.1998.tb00873.x     Document Type: Article

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