Horse-level risk factors for fatal distal limb fracture in racing Thoroughbreds in the UK

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 513-519

  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; Fractures; Horse; Racing; Risk factors; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUMPING; LIMB FRACTURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SAND; SPORT; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 4544359603     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044877387     Document Type: Article

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