Post anaesthetic colic in horses: A preventable complication?

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 479-484

  Senior, J M ^a   Pinchbeck, G L ^a   Allister, R ^b   Dugdale, A H A ^a   Clark, L ^c   Clutton, R E ^d   Coumbe, K ^e   Dyson, S ^c   Clegg, P D ^a  

^a School of Veterinary Science   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e BELL EQUINE VETERINARY CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Colic; Horse; Post anaesthetic; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33947314134     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: 04251644     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2746/042516406778400673     Document Type: Article

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