Injuries of the Flexor Tendons: Focus on the Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon

Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-197

  O'Sullivan, Christopher B ^a  

^a Randwick Equine Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

bowed tendon; deep digital flexor tendon; horse tendon; overstrain injury; superficial digital flexor tendon; tendon laceration

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 35348962034     PISSN: 15347516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ctep.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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