Risk factors for epiploic foramen entrapment colic in a UK horse population: A prospective case-control study

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-410

  Archer, D C ^a   Pinchbeck, G L ^a   French, N P ^b   Proudman, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colic; Crib biting; Epiploic foramen entrapment; Horse; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIC; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEREOTYPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 45849118657     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X312149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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