Four cases of equine grass sickness: Acute, subacute, chronic and surviving chronic grass sickness

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-26

  Hudson, N P H ^a   Pirie, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Colic; Equine dysautonomia; Grass sickness; Horse; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; PARAFFIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLIC; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HYPERSALIVATION; INTESTINE DISTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; RHINITIS; SURVIVAL; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 13844262957     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2005.tb00329.x     Document Type: Article

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