B and T cell suppression in an Arabian horse with Rhodococcus equi infection

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 149-150

  Verdonck, F ^a   Deprez, P ^a   Decostere, A ^a   Ducatelle, R ^a   Goddeeris, B M ^a,b   Cox, E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEBANTEL; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPHTHERIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 1142275130     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.5.149     Document Type: Article

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