Choke, pleuropneumonia and suspected gentamicin vestibulotoxicity in a horse

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-33

  Dacre, K J P ^a   Pirie, S ^a   Prince, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside; Choke; Gentamicin; Horse; Pleuropneumonia; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; GRAZING; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; SEDATION; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 0037326495     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2003.tb00208.x     Document Type: Article

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