Seasonal pasture myopathy in horses in the midwestern United States: 14 Cases (1998-2005)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1134-1141

  Finno, Carrie J ^a,b   Valberg, Stephanie J ^a   Wünschmann, Arno ^a   Murphy, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEASONAL PASTURE MYOPATHY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CREATINE KINASE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; POACEAE; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEASONS;

AGERATINA ALTISSIMA; ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 33749267999     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.7.1134     Document Type: Article

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