Randomized controlled trial of effects of Escherichia coli antiserum on serum immunoglobulin G concentrations and morbidity and mortality rates in foals

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1746-1750

  Chaffin, M Keith ^a   Cohen, Noah D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOSTRUM; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COLOSTRUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MORBIDITY;

EID: 0032091874     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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