The displaced equine soft palate as a source of abnormal respiratory noise during expiration

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 590-594

  Franklin, S H ^a   Price, C ^a   Burn, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airflow; DDSP; Head; Horse

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ENDOSCOPY; EXPIRED AIR; HORSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PALATE DISEASE; SOFT PALATE; TRACHEA; VIBRATION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 8644290969     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044864453     Document Type: Article

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