Peritonitis associated with Actinobacillus equuli in horses: 51 cases

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 536-539

  Matthews, S ^a   Dart, A J ^a   Dowling, B A ^a   Hodgson, J L ^a   Hodgson, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS EQUULI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREEDING; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERITONITIS; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035431446     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2001.tb10741.x     Document Type: Article

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