Diagnosis and treatment of four stallions, carriers of the contagious metritis organism - Case report

Theriogenology

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 595-601

  Kristula, Michaela A ^a   Smith, Billy I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagious equine metritis; Stallion; Taylorella equigenitalis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; TAYLORELLA; TAYLORELLA EQUIGENITALIS;

EID: 0346396348     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00228-0     Document Type: Article

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