Acute renal disease due to Leptospira interrogans in a weanling

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 331-333

  Hogan, Patricia M ^a,b   Bernard, W V ^a   Kazakevicius, P A ^a   Fitzgerald, M R ^a  

^a ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b New Jersey Equine Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute renal disease; Horse; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS;

EID: 0030185854     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1996.tb03098.x     Document Type: Article

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