Acute Post-Treatment Enterocolitis in 13 Horses Treated in a Norwegian Surgical Ward

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-211

  Larsen, J ^a   Dolvik, N I ^a   Teige, J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

acidosis; colitis; diarrhea; endotoxemia; postoperative com plications; sodium bicarbonate

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOLITIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; NORWAY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ENTEROCOLITIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NORWAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0029715224     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548112     Document Type: Article

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