Osseous lesions in the metacarpo(tarso)phalangeal joint diagnosed using low-field magnetic resonance imaging in standing horses

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-20

  Sherlock, Ceri E ^b   Mair, Timothy S ^a   Ter Braake, Frerik ^c  

^a BELL EQUINE VETERINARY CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Dierenkliniek Emmeloord   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetlock; Horse; Lame; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; METACARPAL BONE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINT DISEASES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METACARPUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 58049188846     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2008.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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