Acute colitis in adult horses. A review with emphasis on aetiology and pathogenesis

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 72-80

  Larsen, J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CANTHARIDIN; CASTOR OIL; ENDOTOXIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLITIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; EHRLICHIA; FUNGUS; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SALMONELLOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLITIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0031410340     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1997.9694745     Document Type: Review

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