Arterial calcification in race horses

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 617-625

  Arroyo, L G ^a   Hayes, M A ^a   DeLay, J ^b   Rao, C ^c   Duncan, B ^d   Viel, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Ontario Racing Commission   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arteries; Calcification; Electron microscopy; Histology; Horse; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CANADA; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 55949135578     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-5-617     Document Type: Article

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