Characteristic of inflammatory airway disease in Japanese thoroughbred racehorses

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Kusano, Kanichi ^a   Ishikawa, Yuhiro ^b   Seki, Kazuhiro ^b   Kusunose, Ryo ^a  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Etiology; Inflammatory airway disease; Poor performance; Thoroughbred racehorse

Indexed keywords

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 47749144366     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.19.25     Document Type: Article

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