Is equine grass sickness (mal seco?) a form of botulism?

Anaerobe

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 291-293

  Poxton, Ian R ^a   Hunter, Leonie ^a   Lough, Hannah ^a   Miller, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Biotrix   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium botulinum; Dysautonomia; Horse

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSAUTONOMIA; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033141284     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1999.0213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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