Suspected protozoal myeloencephalitis in a two-month-old colt

Veterinary Record

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 269-273

  Gray, L C ^a,d   Magdesian, K G ^b   Madigan, J E ^b   Sturges, B K ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine and Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Prairie Equine Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CO TRIMAZINE; CO-TRIMAZINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCCIDIOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SULFADIAZINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 0035459103     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.149.9.269     Document Type: Article

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