Confirmed and presumptive cervical vertebral compressive myelopathy in older horses: A retrospective study (1992-2004)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 812-819

  Levine, Jonathan M ^a,d   Adam, Emma ^a,c   MacKay, Robert J ^b   Walker, Michael A ^a   Frederick, Jeremy D ^b   Cohen, Noah D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine; Spinal cord injury; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34547735046     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[812:CAPCVC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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