Leptospirosis

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 435-444

  Bernard, William V ^a  

^a ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; UVEITIS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; UVEITIS;

EID: 0027651630     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0739(17)30410-8     Document Type: Article

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