Is equine colic seasonal? Novel application of a model based approach

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Archer, Debra C ^a   Pinchbeck, Gina L ^a   Proudman, Christopher J ^a   Clough, Helen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; COLIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 33748890065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-2-27     Document Type: Article

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