An investigation of the ability of the glutaraldehyde test to distinguish between acute and chronic inflammatory disease in horses

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 69-78

  Brink, Palle ^a   Wright, J C ^b   Schumacher, J ^b  

^a Jagersro Equine ATG Clinic   (Sweden)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood clot; Diagnostic techniques; Equine; Globulin; Glutaraldehyde test; Horse diseases; Hypergammaglobulinemia; Immunoglobulin; Infectious diseases; Inflammation; Prognosis; Serum biochemistries

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

CROSS LINKING REAGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MORTALITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GLUTARAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 23944483512     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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