Possible Involvement of Sarcina ventriculi in Canine and Equine Acute Gastric Dilatation

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 333-337

  Vatn, S ^a,c   Gunnes, G ^a   Nybo K ^b   Juul, H M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Meat Research Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SARCINA; STOMACH DISTENSION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GASTRIC DILATATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; SARCINA;

EID: 0033655210     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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