Prevalence of various radiographic manifestations of osteochondrosis and their correlations between and within joints in Dutch Warmblood horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  Van Grevenhof, E M ^a   Ducro, B J ^a   Van Weeren, P R ^b   Van Tartwijk, J M F M ^c   Van Den Belt, A J ^b   Bijma, P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Royal Dutch Warmblood Studbook ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fragments; Horse; Joint; Osteochondrosis; Prevalence; Radiographic findings

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; JOINT; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROGRAPHY; BREEDING; CARPUS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINTS; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 58549115279     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X334794     Document Type: Article

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