Specific Immune Response of Mares and their Newborn Foals to Actinobacillus spp. Present in the Oral Cavity

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 237-242

  Sternberg, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus; Bacteria; Foal; Horse; Immune response; Immunodiffusion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; HORSE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; NEWBORN;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; HORSES; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MOUTH;

EID: 0035223959     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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