Association between bronchoalveolar lavage cytologic features and airway reactivity in horses with a history of exercise intolerance

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 176-181

  Hoffman, A M ^a   Mazan, M R ^a   Ellenberg, S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CYTOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INHALATION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; EXERTION; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031990496     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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