Race- and course-level risk factors for fatal distal limb fracture in racing Thoroughbreds

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 521-526

  Parkin, T D H ^a   Clegg, P D ^a   French, N P ^a   Proudman, C J ^a   Riggs, C M ^a,c   Singer, E R ^a   Webbon, P M ^b   Morgan, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b The Jockey Club   (United Kingdom)

^c The Hong Kong Jockey Club   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distal limb; Fatal fractures; Horse; Racecourse; Risk factors; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HORSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMB FRACTURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; ELAGATIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 4544348514     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044877332     Document Type: Article

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