Systemic antibodies to Clostridium botulinum type C: Do they protect horses from grass sickness (dysautonomia)?

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 547-553

  Hunter, L C ^a   Poxton, I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium botulinum; Equine grass sickness; Horse

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE C; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PLANT TOXIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POACEAE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLANT POISONING; POACEAE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035512989     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516401776563418     Document Type: Article

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