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Association of breeding conditions with prevalence of osteochondrosis in foals.
The Veterinary record - 19 Jan 2013
Vander Heyden L, Lejeune J-P, Caudron I, Detilleux J, Sandersen C, Chavatte P, Paris J, Deliège B, Serteyn D
Abstract excerpt
Osteochondrosis (OC) is the most common developmental orthopaedic disease in horses and represents a major problem to the horse industry. The complete mechanism of this multifactorial disease is not yet elucidated, but it is accepted that OC lesions are the result of intrinsic genetic and external factors. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the relationship between breeding management and OC. Breeding...
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