Medial femoral condyle morphometrics and subchondral bone density patterns in Thoroughbred racehorses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 691-699

  Walker, Wade T ^a,c   Kawcak, Christopher E ^a   Hill, Ashley E ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE LENGTH; BRAIN SLICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; HEIGHT; HINDLIMB; HORSE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; SUBCHONDRAL BONE; SUBCHONDRAL BONE PLATE;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84877011878     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.74.5.691     Document Type: Article

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