Equine hospital data as a source for study of prevalence and heritability of osteochondrosis and palmar/plantar osseous fragments of Swedish Warmblood horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 695-700

  Jonsson L ^a   Dalin, G ^a   Egenvall, A ^a   Nasholm A ^a   Roepstorff, L ^a   Philipsson, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical data; Genetic analysis; Heritability; Horse; Osseous fragments; Osteochondrosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; FRACTURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITAL; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; FRACTURES, BONE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; JOINT DISEASES; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 80053902185     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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