Epiphyseal cartilage canal blood supply to the distal femur of foals

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 433-439

  Olstad, K ^a   Ytrehus, B ^b   Ekman, S ^c   Carlson, C S ^d   Dolvik, N I ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage canals; Femur; Foal; Horse; Osteochondrosis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPERFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PREVALENCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPERFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 47049106628     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X300269     Document Type: Article

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