Application and evaluation of a mailed questionnaire for an epidemiologic study of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in horses

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-253

  Doherr, M G ^a,b   Carpenter, T E ^a   Wilson, W D ^a   Gardner, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; Horse; Hospital database; Mailed survey; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032580822     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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