Comparison of radiography and computed tomography to evaluate metacarpo/metatarsophalangeal joint pathology of paired limbs of thoroughbred racehorses with severe condylar fracture

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 611-617

  Morgan, Joseph W ^b   Santschi, Elizabeth M ^a   Zekas, Lisa J ^b   Scollay Ward, Mary C ^b   Markel, Mark D ^b   Radtke, Catherine L ^b   Sample, Susannah J ^b   Keuler, Nicholas S ^b   Muir, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HORSE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METACARPAL BONE; METATARSAL BONE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSES; METACARPAL BONES; METATARSAL BONES; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33749530373     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2006.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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