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SURGERY OF THE EQUINE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT : FOCUS ON DYNAMIC DISORDERS

@inproceedings{Leise2013SURGERYOT,
  title={SURGERY OF THE EQUINE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT : FOCUS ON DYNAMIC DISORDERS},
  author={Britta Leise},
  year={2013}
}
Dynamic conditions of the upper respiratory tract in the horse are being increasingly diagnosed across multiple disciplines with the improved diagnostic abilities in over ground endoscopy. Numerous conditions including palatal malfunction, pharyngeal wall collapse, vocal cord collapse, axial deviation of the aryepiglottic folds, intermittent epiglottic entrapment, and arytenoid dysfunction have been described as primarily dynamic conditions. 1 Other conditions such as laryngeal hemiplegia can… 
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