Post operative ileus: To be or not to be?

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-296

  Merritt, A M ^a   Blikslager, A T ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ILEUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ILEUS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 45849092198     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X302537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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