Two cases of equine grass sickness with evidence for soil-borne origin involving botulinum neurotoxin

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 178-182

  Bohnel H ^a   Wernery, U ^b   Gessler, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; PLANT TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE;

ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PLANT POISONING; POACEAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM A; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0037646498     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2003.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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