Determination of 'irritant' threshold concentrations for intradermal testing with allergenic insect extracts in normal horses

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Morris, Daniel O ^a,c   Lindborg, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergenic extracts; Horse; Insect hypersensitivity; Intradermal allergy testing

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IRRITANT AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEA; HORSE; INSECT; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MOSQUITO; MOTH; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; EVALUATION; HORSE DISEASE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; CANIS; CHRYSOPS; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; EPHEMEROPTERA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; TRICHOPTERA;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECTS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037310520     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3164.2003.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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