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Heritability and prevalence of selected osteochondrosis lesions in yearling Thoroughbred horses.
Equine veterinary journal - 1 May 2017
Russell J, Matika O, Russell T, Reardon R J M
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BACKGROUND: Osteochondrosis is considered multifactorial in origin, with factors such as nutrition, conformation, body size, trauma and genetics thought to contribute to its pathogenesis. Few studies have investigated the effects of genetic variability of osteochondrosis in Thoroughbreds. OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence and genetic variability of a subset of osteochondrosis lesions in a group of...
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