Bilateral laryngeal paralysis associated with hepatic dysfunction and hepatic encephalopathy in six ponies and four horses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 142-147

  Hughes, K J ^a   McGorum, B C ^b   Love, S ^a   Dixon, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENDOSCOPY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ENDOSCOPY; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 60749130589     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.164.5.142     Document Type: Article

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