Prevalences and clinical signs of polysaccharide storage myopathy and shivers in Belgian Draft Horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1958-1964

  Firshman, Anna M ^a,c   Baird, John D ^b   Valberg, Stephanie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HORSE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; POLYSACCHARIDE STORAGE MYOPATHY; PREVALENCE; SHIVERING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 30444436488     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.1958     Document Type: Article

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