The Japanese experience with tendonitis in racehorses

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 41-56

  Oikawa, Masa Aki ^a   Kasashima, Yoshinori ^a  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Racehorses; Tendon injury; Tendonitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344220547     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.13.41     Document Type: Article

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