Clinical, haematological and biochemical findings in foals with neonatal Equine herpesvirus-1 infection compared with septic and premature foals

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 422-426

  Perkins, Gillian ^a   Ainsworth, Dorothy M ^a   Erb, H N ^a   Del Piero, F ^a   Miller, M ^b   Wilkins, Pamela A ^b   Palmer, J ^b   Frazer, M ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EHV 1; Foal; Herpes; Horse; Neonate; Prematurity; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUINE HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUUS CABALLUS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 1;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, EQUID; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0033194879     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1999.tb03843.x     Document Type: Article

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