Fatal musculoskeletal injuries of Quarter Horse racehorses: 314 cases (1990-2007)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 241, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 935-942

  Sarrafian, Tiffany L ^a   Case, James T ^b   Kinde, Hailu ^b   Daft, Barbara M ^b   Read, Deryck H ^b   Moore, Janet D ^b   Uzal, Francisco A ^b   Stover, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; FORELIMB; FRACTURE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INJURY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPORT;

ANIMALS; FORELIMB; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84867091554     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.241.7.935     Document Type: Review

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