Investigations of the reliability of the observational gait analysis for the assessment of lameness in horses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 852-858

  Hewetson, M ^a   Christley, T M ^b   Hunt, I D ^a   Voute, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HORSE DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVER BIAS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33745596597     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.25.852     Document Type: Article

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