Outcome of medical and surgical treatment of cecal impaction in horses: 114 cases (1994-2004)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1378-1385

  Plummer, Amy E ^a,b   Rakestraw, Peter C ^a   Hardy, Joanne ^a   Lee, Ryan M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; MINERAL OIL; RINGER'S SOLUTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CECUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CECUM; CLONIXIN; FECAL IMPACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; MINERAL OIL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XYLAZINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 36649030459     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.9.1378     Document Type: Article

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