Acute Abdomen

Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-126

  Southwood, Louise L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

colic; colitis; epiploic foramen entrapment; equine; gastrointestinal disease; impaction; large colon displacement; large colon volvulus; nephrosplenic entrapment; strangulating lipoma

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33744808246     PISSN: 15347516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ctep.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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