Detection of Articular Pathology of the Distal Aspect of the Third Metacarpal Bone in Thoroughbred Racehorses: Comparison of Radiography, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 942-951

  O'Brien, Thomas ^a   Baker, Theresa A ^a   Brounts, Sabrina H ^a   Sample, Susannah J ^a   Markel, Mark D ^a   Scollay, Mary C ^a,b,c   Marquis, Patricia ^a,c   Muir, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Calder Racecourse and Gulfstream Park ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METACARPAL BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROGRAPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METACARPAL BONES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84865106819     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2011.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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