Tapeworm infection is a significant risk factor for spasmodic colic and ileal impaction colic in the horse

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 194-199

  Proudman, C J ^a,b   French, N P ^b   Trees, A J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoplocephala perfoliata; Case control study; Colic; Horse

Indexed keywords

ANOPLOCEPHALA PERFOLIATA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; COLIC; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ILEUM DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; COLIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ILEAL DISEASES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RISK FACTORS; SPASM; STRONGYLE INFECTIONS, EQUINE;

EID: 0032062911     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1998.tb04487.x     Document Type: Article

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