Evaluation of forelimb horseshoe characteristics of Thoroughbreds racing on dirt surfaces

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1021-1030

  Gross, Diane K ^a   Stover, Susan M ^a   Hill, Ashley E ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEEL; HORSE; LIMB INJURY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FORELIMB; GEOGRAPHY; HORSES; OBSERVATION; RUNNING; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SHOES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 3442892732     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1021     Document Type: Article

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