Development of an Equine Groove Model to Induce Metacarpophalangeal Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Study on 6 Horses

• Ugo Maninchedda ,

  * E-mail: u.maninchedda@gmail.com

  ¶‡ UM, OML, MG, and RS contributed equally to this work. SH, BR, FM, and GP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Equine Research Centre, University of Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Veterinary Campus of Lyon, GREMERES-ICE, Marcy l’Etoile, France

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• Olivier M. Lepage ,

  ¶‡ UM, OML, MG, and RS contributed equally to this work. SH, BR, FM, and GP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Equine Research Centre, University of Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Veterinary Campus of Lyon, GREMERES-ICE, Marcy l’Etoile, France

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• Monika Gangl ,

  ¶‡ UM, OML, MG, and RS contributed equally to this work. SH, BR, FM, and GP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Equine Research Centre, University of Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Veterinary Campus of Lyon, GREMERES-ICE, Marcy l’Etoile, France

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• Sandrine Hilairet ,

  ¶‡ UM, OML, MG, and RS contributed equally to this work. SH, BR, FM, and GP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Exploratory Unit, Sanofi-aventis Recherche, Montpellier, France

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• Bernard Remandet ,

  ¶‡ UM, OML, MG, and RS contributed equally to this work. SH, BR, FM, and GP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Exploratory Unit, Sanofi-aventis Recherche, Montpellier, France

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• Francoise Meot ,

  ¶‡ UM, OML, MG, and RS contributed equally to this work. SH, BR, FM, and GP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Exploratory Unit, Sanofi-aventis Recherche, Montpellier, France

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• Geraldine Penarier ,

  ¶‡ UM, OML, MG, and RS contributed equally to this work. SH, BR, FM, and GP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Exploratory Unit, Sanofi-aventis Recherche, Montpellier, France

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• Emilie Segard,

  Affiliation Equine Research Centre, University of Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Veterinary Campus of Lyon, GREMERES-ICE, Marcy l’Etoile, France

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• Pierre Cortez,

  Affiliation Exploratory Unit, Sanofi-aventis Recherche, Montpellier, France

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• Christian Jorgensen,

  Affiliation Clinical unit for osteoarticular diseases, CHU Lapeyronie University Hospital, Montpellier, France

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• Régis Steinberg

  ¶‡ UM, OML, MG, and RS contributed equally to this work. SH, BR, FM, and GP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Exploratory Unit, Sanofi-aventis Recherche, Montpellier, France

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