Epidemiological study of pasture-associated laminitis and concurrent risk factors in the South of England

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 690-694

  Menzies Gow, N J ^a   Katz, L M ^a   Barker, K J ^a   Elliott, J ^a   De Brauwere, M N ^b   Jarvis, N ^b   Marr, C M ^a   Pfeiffer, D U ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Hapton Hall Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POACEAE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INCIDENCE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POACEAE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952253836     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c5177     Document Type: Article

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