Treatment of chronic proximal suspensory desmitis in horses using focused electrohydraulic shockwave therapy

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 148, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 561-568

  Lischer, Christoph J ^a   Ringer, S K ^b   Schnewlin, M ^c   Imboden, I ^b   Furst A ^b   Stockli M ^d   Auer, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Tierarztpraxis TAU   (Switzerland)

^d Tierklinik Dalchenhof ^*

Author keywords

Horse; Lameness; Proximal suspensory desmitis; Shockwave; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LIGAMENT; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LIGAMENTS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750120534     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.148.10.561     Document Type: Article

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