to evaluate the effects of 5 treatments on clinical responses , synovial fluid analysis , radiographic changes , bacteriologic culture results of the synovial fluid and synovial membrane , microscopic characteristics of the synovial membrane , and articular cartilage histochemistry , staphylococcus aureus organisms ( 1.6 x 10 ( 6 ) colony-forming units ) were inoculated into the tarsocrural joints of 12 horses ( n = 24 joints ; 2 joints/horse ) .
C0007303
articular cartilage
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joints