Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System

Equine Internal Medicine: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 461-531

  MacLeay, Jennifer M ^a   Eades, Susan C ^b   Moore, Rustin M ^b   Stokes, Ashley M ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-169777-1/50011-1     Document Type: Chapter

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