Risk factors associated with the likelihood of leptospiral seropositivity in horses in the state of New York

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1097-1103

  Barwick, Rachel S ^a   Mohammed, Hussni O ^a   McDonough, Patrick L ^b   White, Maurice E ^b  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LINEAR MODELS; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031253705     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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