Effects of injury to the suspensory apparatus, exercise, and horseshoe characteristics on the risk of lateral condylar fracture and suspensory apparatus failure in forelimbs of Thoroughbred racehorses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1508-1517

  Hill, Ashley E ^a,b   Gardner, Ian A ^a   Carpenter, Tim E ^a   Stover, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; FORELIMB; GENDER; HORSE; LIGAMENT INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; SPORT; TRAINING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSES; LIGAMENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; SHOES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 9444237882     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1508     Document Type: Article

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