Supporting limb laminitis

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-302

  van Eps, Andrew ^a   Collins, Simon N ^a,b   Pollitt, Christopher C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Laminitis; Supporting limb; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; FOOT DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; FOOT DISEASES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLAMMATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 77955492729     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2010.06.007     Document Type: Review

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