Pericarditis and pleuritis caused by Mycoplasma fells in a horse

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-240

  Morley, P S ^a,b   Chirino Trejo, M ^a   Petrie, L ^a   Krupka, L ^a   Schwab, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Horse; Mycoplasma felis; Pleuritis; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FELIS;

EID: 0041944493     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1996.tb03779.x     Document Type: Article

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