Clinical findings, diagnosis, prevalence and predisposing factors for lameness localised to the middle carpal joint in young Standardbred racehorses

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-157

  Steel, C M ^a,c   Hopper, B J ^a   Richardson, J L ^a   Alexander, G R ^b,d   Robertson, I D ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Belmont Horse Hospital   (Australia)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d c/o Dubai Racing Club ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Horse; Sclerosis; Third carpal bone

Indexed keywords

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CARPAL BONE; CARPAL JOINT; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROSIS;

ANIMALS; CARPAL BONES; CARPAL JOINTS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33744475892     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: 04251644     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2746/042516406776563332     Document Type: Article

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