Diagnosis and Treatment of Flexural Deformities in Foals

Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 282-295

  Auer, Joerg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

check ligament desmotomy; contracted tendons; digital hyperextension; tetracycline

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849188113     PISSN: 15347516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ctep.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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