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Abstract: Improved diagnostic criteria for digital flexor tendon sheath
pathology using contrast tenography 14
Abstract: Myenteric networks of interstitial cells of Cajal are reduced in
horses with inflammatory bowel disease 15
Abstract: The safety and efficacy of neuromodulation using percutaneous
electrical nerve stimulation for the management of trigeminal‐mediated
headshaking in 168 horses
Abstract: Nonsurgical and surgical management of metacarpo/
metatarsophalangeal joint dorsal chip fracture in the Thoroughbred
racehorse
Abstract: A multi-centre cohort study investigating the outcome of
synovial contamination or sepsis of the calcaneal bursae in horses
treated by endoscopic lavage and debridement
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Abstract: Atrial premature depolarisations five days post electrical
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