Intralesional injection of platelet-rich plasma followed by controlled exercise for treatment of midbody suspensory ligament desmitis in Standardbred racehorses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 232, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1515-1520

  Waselau, Martin ^a,c   Sutter, W Wesley ^a,d   Genovese, Ronald L ^b   Bertone, Alicia L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Randall Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Ocala Equine Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; REST; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LIGAMENTS; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PLASMA; REST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 43949138577     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.232.10.1515     Document Type: Article

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