Rupture of the gastrocnemius muscle in six foals

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Jesty, Sophy A ^a,b   Palmer, Jonathan E ^a   Parente, Eric J ^a   Schaer, Thomas P ^a   Wilkins, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Section of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DYSTOCIA; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HORSE; ISCHEMIA; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYARTHRITIS; SEPSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RUPTURE;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 30444442855     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.1965     Document Type: Article

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