Association of growth, feeding practices and exercise conditions with the prevalence of Developmental Orthopaedic Disease in limbs of French foals at weaning

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 167-177

  Lepeule, J ^a,b   Bareille, N ^a   Robert, C ^b   Ezanno, P ^a   Valette, J P ^b   Jacquet, S ^b   Blanchard, G ^b   Denoix, J M ^b   Seegers, H ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Degenerative joint disease; Exercise; Growth; Horse; Orthopaedic; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINT DISEASES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WEANING;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 67349168068     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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