Ultrasonographic assessment of laryngohyoid position as a predictor of dorsal displacement of the soft palate in horses

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-96

  Chalmers, Heather J ^a,b   Yeager, Amy E ^a   Ducharme, Norm ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dorsal displacement of the soft palate; Horse; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RESPIRATORY TRACT MALFORMATION; SOFT PALATE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 58049150405     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2008.01497.x     Document Type: Article

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