Navicular disease: A review of what's new

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-88

  Rijkenhuizen, A B M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Horse; Navicular bone; Navicular disease; Palmar foot pain

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TARSAL BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT DISEASES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; TARSAL BONES;

EID: 33645746693     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 04251644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516406775374216     Document Type: Review

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