Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis in the Netherlands? An overview;Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) in Nederland?

Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 346-351

  Goehring, L S ^a   Sloet Van Oldruitenborgh Oosterbaan, M M ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEOSPORA; NETHERLANDS; OPOSSUM; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; SARCOCYSTIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEOSPORA; NETHERLANDS; OPOSSUMS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SARCOCYSTIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035874375     PISSN: 00407453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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