Gait pattern of the ataxic horse compared to sedated and nonsedated horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.36, 2006, Pages 423-426

  Strobach, A ^a   Kotschwar, A ^a   Mayhew, I G ^b   Peham, C ^a   Licka, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Horse; Kinematics; Movement; Neurology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIC GAIT; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; GAIT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; GAIT; GAIT ATAXIA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RUNNING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84878431777     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2006.tb05580.x     Document Type: Article

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