Articular Fetlock Injuries in Exercising Horses

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-132

  Santschi, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BONE DISEASE; BONE REMODELING; FRACTURE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INJURY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES; BONE REMODELING; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 39749121501     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2007.11.011     Document Type: Review

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