Keratomycosis in six horses in the United Kingdom

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-17

  Sansom, J ^a   Featherstone, H ^a   Barnett, K C ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; EXOCIN; EYE DROPS; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HORSE DISEASE; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMYCOSIS; LACRIMATION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPHOBIA; SERUM; UNITED KINGDOM; UVEITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 12344310585     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.1.13     Document Type: Article

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