Cytological and microbiological results from equine guttural pouch lavages obtained percutaneously: Correlation with histopathological findings

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 618-621

  Chiesa, O A ^a   Garcia F ^b   Domingo, M ^b   Cuenca, R ^b  

^a Univ Autónoma de Barcelona ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LAVAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IRRIGATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0033614509     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.22.618     Document Type: Article

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