A case-control study of grass sickness (equine dysautonomia) in the United Kingdom

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-14

  Wood, J L N ^a   Milne, E M ^b   Doxey, D L ^c  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control; Dysautonomia; Epidemiology; Equine; Grass sickness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; PLANT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INCIDENCE; PLANTS, EDIBLE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 0032111288     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(98)80055-5     Document Type: Article

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