Folate deficiency during treatment with orally administered folic acid, sulphadiazine and pyrimethamine in a horse with suspected equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM)

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 311-316

  Piercy, R J ^a,b   Hinchcliff, K W ^a   Reed, S M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis; Folate deficiency; Folic acid; Horse; Pyrimethamine; Sulphadiazine

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; HORSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOLOGY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PROTOZOA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

EID: 0036561234     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776186128     Document Type: Article

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