Intradermal skin testing in Icelandic horses in Austria

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 405-410

  Kolm Stark, G ^a   Wagner, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergen; Culicoides; Horse; Hypersensitivity; Intradermal skin test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IVERMECTIN; ANTIGEN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DERMATOPHYTE; ECTOPARASITE; FLY; FUNGUS CULTURE; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS; HORSE; INSECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MITE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AUSTRIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DERMATITIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTRADERMAL TESTS; PRURITUS; RECURRENCE; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036636442     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776249083     Document Type: Article

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