Septic osteitis of the distal phalanx in foals: 22 Cases (1995-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 230, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1683-1690

  Neil, Kirsten M ^a,c   Axon, Jane E ^a   Todhunter, Paddy G ^a,d   Adams, Paul L ^a   Caron, John P ^b   Adkins, Angus R ^a  

^a Scone Veterinary Hospital   (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Australia   (Australia)

^d Newcastle Equine Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; OSTEITIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HINDLIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; OSTEITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE;

EID: 34249946520     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.230.11.1683     Document Type: Article

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