Peritoneal fluid from a febrile foal

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 189-191

  Bohn, Andrea A ^a   Rothschild, Chantal ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FIBRIN; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; RIFAMPICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CORYNEBACTERIUM EQUI; CYTOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART RATE; HORSE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MONOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCITIC FLUID; FEMALE; FEVER; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0036901282     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2002.tb00300.x     Document Type: Article

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