An epidemiological study of myopathies in Warmblood horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-177

  Hunt, L M ^a,b   Valberg, S J ^a   Steffenhagen, K ^a   McCue, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Exercise; Horse; Polysaccharide storage myopathy; Recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

STARCH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949096772     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X244262     Document Type: Article

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