Study of the effect of Bronchipret on the lung function of five Austrian saddle horses suffering recurrent airway obstruction (heaves)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 555-557

  van Den Hoven, R ^a   Zappe, H ^a   Zitterl Eglseer, K ^a   Jugl, M ^a   Franz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIPRET; FLAVANOID; MARKER; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PRIMULA EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; THYME EXTRACT; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; TABLET FORMULATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PRIMULA; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0038377852     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.18.555     Document Type: Article

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