Comparison of gross and histopathologic findings with quantitative computed tomographic bone density in the distal third metacarpal bone of racehorses

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 518-527

  Drum, Martha G ^a   Kawcak, Christopher E ^a   Norrdin, Robert W ^a   Park, Richard D ^a   McIlwraith, C Wayne ^a   Les, Clifford M ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Histology; Quantitative computed tomography; Racehorses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 35448989389     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2007.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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