Results of surgical treatment of colic in miniature breed horses: 11 Cases

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 260-264

  Hughes, K J ^a   Dowling, B A ^a   Matthews, S A ^a   Dart, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLIC; COLON DISEASE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMALS; COLIC; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85047695945     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2003.tb12566.x     Document Type: Article

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