Lawsonia intracellularis proliterative enteropathy in a weanling foal

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 549-552

  Frank, N ^a   Fishman, C E ^b   Gebhart, C J ^c   Levy, M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Hypoproteinaemia; Lawsonia intracellularis; Proliferative enteropathy; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; SMALL INTESTINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; WEANING;

EID: 0032198711     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1998.tb04533.x     Document Type: Article

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