Nonulcerative keratouveitis as a manifestation of leptospiral infection in a horse

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-195

  Wada, Shinya ^a,e   Yoshinari, Masanobu ^a,f   Katayama, Yoshinari ^b,c   Anzai, Toru ^c   Wada, Ryuichi ^b,c   Akuzawa, Masao ^d  

^a Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

^b Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

^c Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

^f Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equine; Leptospira; Nonulcerative keratouveitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA OPACITY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EOSINOPHIL; EPIPHORA; EYE PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPOPYON; KIDNEY CORTEX; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NONULCERATIVE KERATOUVEITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUPIL REFLEX; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UVEITIS;

ANIMALIA; EPIPHORA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 0141920765     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2003.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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