The use of race winnings, ratings and a performance index to assess the effect of thermocautery of the soft palate for treatment of horses with suspected intermittent dorsal displacement. A case-control study in 110 racing Thoroughbreds

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 508-513

  Reardon, R J M ^a   Fraser, B S L ^a   Heller, J ^a   Lischer, C ^a   Parkin, T ^a   Bladon, B M ^a  

^a Donnington Grove Veterinary Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal displacement; Horse; Performance; Racing; Soft palate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUTERIZATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIGLOTTIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LARYNX; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MALFORMATION; SOFT PALATE; SPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUTERY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EPIGLOTTIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LARYNX; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; SPORTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 47049090366     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X320898     Document Type: Article

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