Genetic analyses of the radiographic appearance of the distal sesamoid bones in Hanoverian Warmblood horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1013-1019

  Stock, Kathrin F ^a   Distl, Ottmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; HORSE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCAPHOID BONE; SESAMOID BONE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TARSAL JOINT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOT; FORELIMB; HORSES; MALE; SESAMOID BONES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 33745644450     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.6.1013     Document Type: Article

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