Grass Sickness

Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-36

  Pirie, R Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; deglutition disorders; heart rate; Horner's syndrome; horse diseases; ileus; neuronal degeneration; sweating

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33646118229     PISSN: 15347516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ctep.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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