Lawsonia intracellularis proliferative enteropathy in a weanling foal in Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 750-752

  McClintock, S A ^a   Collins, A M ^b  

^a Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute ^*  (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAWSONIA; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; RIFAMPIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEANING;

EID: 17944367314     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb13236.x     Document Type: Article

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