Association between findings on palmarodorsal radiographic images and detection of a fracture in the proximal sesamoid bones of forelimbs obtained from cadavers of racing Thoroughbreds

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 858-868

  Anthenill, Lucy A ^a   Stover, Susan M ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^a   Hill, Ashley E ^a   Lee, Christina M ^a   Anderson, Mark L ^b   Barr, Bradd C ^b   Read, Deryck H ^b   Johnson, Bill J ^b,c   Woods, Leslie W ^b   Daft, Barbara M ^b   Kinde, Hailu ^b   Moore, Janet D ^b   Farman, Cynthia A ^b   Odani, Jenee S ^b   Pesavento, Patricia A ^b   Uzal, Francisco A ^b   Case, James T ^b   Ardans, Alex A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FRACTURE; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPHYTE; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SESAMOID BONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; SESAMOID BONES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33744496273     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.5.858     Document Type: Article

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