Osteoarthritis of the thoracolumbar synovial intervertebral articulations: Clinical and radiographic features in 77 horses with poor performance and back pain

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-138

  Girodroux, M ^b   Dyson, S ^a   Murray, R ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBAI EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Back pain; Facet joints; Horse; Impinging dorsal spinous processes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRA; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ANIMALS; ARTHROGRAPHY; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINT DISEASES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 66349135984     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X345099     Document Type: Article

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