Complete and partial hoof wall resection for keratoma removal: Post operative complications and final outcome in 26 horses (1994-2004)

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-133

  Boys Smith, S J ^a   Clegg, P D ^a   Hughes, I ^a   Singer, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complete hoof wall resection; Horse; Keratoma; Partial hoof wall resection; Surgical removal

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; KERATOSIS; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KERATOSIS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744491311     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: 04251644     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2746/042516406776563288     Document Type: Article

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