Prevention of orthopedic disease in athletic horses

Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 475-485

  Cruz, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 39749127817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-2671-3.50026-X     Document Type: Chapter

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