Aortitis in a Paint gelding

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 354-357

  Seco Diaz, O ^a   Sleeper, M M ^a   Reef, V B ^a   Acland, H M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic root abscess; Aortis; Echocardiography; Endocarditis; Horse

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AORTA; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AORTA; AORTITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PENICILLIN G, PROCAINE; PENICILLINS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0034222318     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516400777032255     Document Type: Article

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