Prevalence of osteochondrosis in the limb joints of South German Coldblood horses

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 531-539

  Wittwer, C ^a   Hamann, H ^a   Rosenberger, E ^a,b   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Bundesforschungsanstalt fü Landwirtschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33750997283     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2006.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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