Multiple congenital ocular abnormalities (MCOA) in Rocky Mountain Horses and Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horses in Europe

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 536-540

  Kaps, Simone ^a   Spiess, Bernhard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior segment dysgenesis; Congenital anomaly; Eye; Mountain horse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954930017     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/PEM20100407     Document Type: Article

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